Legal Opinion
Leffall v. Dallas Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1994No. 93-01546PublishedCited by 344 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Eighteen-year-old Dameon Steadham was killed by random gunfire in the parking lot of a public high school after a school dance. The principal question posed by this appeal is whether the decision of the public school district and the high school principal to sponsor the dance despite their knowledge of the danger of such an occurrence violated Stead-ham’s constitutional rights.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The allegations of the complaint, which must be taken as true for purposes of reviewing a dismissal for failure to state a claim on which relief can be…
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