BANNISTER v. KNOX COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 21-5732.

49 F.4th 1000 (2022)

Andrew Williams BANNISTER, deceased, by his Co-Administrators Ad Litem, Candace C. Bannister and Mark E. Bannister, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KNOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; Knox County, Tennessee; Knox County Tennessee Schools; Ryan J. Siebe; Kimberly H. Gray; Anthony B. Norris; Erin A. Ashe; Brian A. Hartsell, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Hilary L. Magacs , TAYLOR & KNIGHT, GP, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellants. David M. Sanders , KNOX COUNTY LAW DEPARTMENT, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Arthur F. Knight, III , TAYLOR & KNIGHT, GP, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellants. David M. Sanders , KNOX COUNTY LAW DEPARTMENT, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: SILER, LARSEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

During his sophomore year of high school, Andrew ("Will") Bannister tragically committed suicide. Will's parents, Candace and Mark Bannister, have sought to hold his school's administrators liable for allegedly imposing discriminatory discipline that they say led Will to take his life. For years, however...

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