Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Southland Christian School, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 16, 2012No. 11-13696PublishedCited by 400 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
A woman of childbearing age was hired as a teacher at a small Christian school. Then she got pregnant, married, and fired. In that order. Then she filed a lawsuit. She lost on summary judgment. This is her appeal.
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In January 2008, Jarretta Hamilton began teaching at Southland Christian School. Sometime in January 2009, she and her then-fiancé conceived a child. They got married the next month. On Sunday, April 5, 2009, Hamilton met with John and Julie Ennis, Southland’s administrator and assistant administrator, to tell them that she was pregnant and to ask for maternity…
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