WHITNEY v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF GRAND COUNTY

No. 00-4032.

292 F.3d 1280 (2002)

Helen Sue WHITNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GRAND COUNTY and Bill Meador, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew D. Roth of Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC (Robert H. Chanin of Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Michael T. McCoy, General Counsel, Utah Education Association, Murray, UT, and David G. Challed of Challed Law Office, Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Brent A. Burnett, Assistant Attorney General, State of Utah (Jan Graham, Utah Attorney General, Litigation Division, with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Helen Sue Whitney was fired from her position as a tenured teacher for the Grand County (Utah) School District based on accusations of poor classroom performance and assaulting a student. Whitney, who has been diagnosed as suffering from depression, brought suit alleging that her firing violated, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), two state statutes, and state contract law. The defendants in Whitney's suit are the Grand County...

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