LASHLEY v. SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE

No. 22-1447.

66 F.4th 168 (2023)

Summer D. LASHLEY, Ph. D, Plaintiff-Appellant v. SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE; W. Scott Cochran; Mark W. Gibbs, Ph D; Teresa D. Ferguson; Jonathan J. Keisler, Ph D; Angelia A. Turner; Clevon A. Boyd, in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Eliot Rothstein , ROTHSTEIN LAW FIRM, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Todd Russell Flippin , HOLCOMBE BOMAR, P.A., Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge King joined.


In 2017, Summer Lashley signed a one-year contract to teach criminal justice courses at Spartanburg Methodist College (SMC). Less than a year later, SMC decided not to renew Lashley's contract and terminated her shortly thereafter. Lashley brought a mix of state and federal law claims against SMC, essentially arguing that...

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