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COLE v. BUCHANAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

Case No. 1:07CV00001.

661 F.Supp.2d 569 (2009)

Earl F. COLE, Plaintiff, v. BUCHANAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

October 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Bragg, Bragg Law PLC, Abingdon, VA, for Plaintiff.

Jim H. Guynn, Jr., Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, P.C., Roanoke, VA, and Thomas R. Scott, Jr., Street Law Firm, LLP, Grundy, VA, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES P. JONES, Chief Judge.

The question presented is whether the defendant, a Virginia local school board, may be sued in this court for money damages under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 2003) by virtue of the Eleventh Amendment.1

The plaintiff, Earl F. Cole, a local newspaper reporter and publisher, contends in this suit that the defendant Buchanan County School Board ("the Board") violated his rights...

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