PATTON v. INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL BD.

No. 99-3841.

276 F.3d 334 (2002)

Linda PATTON and Sandra Branch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD, Shirl E. Gilbert, individually and as the former Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools, and Esperanza Zendejas, as the Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Moss (argued), Lee Burns & Cossell, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiff-appellant.

John B. Drummy, Eric D. Johnson (argued), Kightling & Gray, Indianapolis, IN, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Chaos reigned in the pupil transportation system of the Indianapolis public schools as the 1993-94 school year opened: children were left standing on the streets, some buses arrived hours late, and some children were delivered to the wrong places. In time, the failure caused heads to roll. Linda Patton and Sandra Branch were among those who felt the consequences: both were demoted from their positions in the school system's Transportation...

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