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Ponton v. Newport News School Board

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided March 19, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-0064-NNPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Pamela Brown Ponton, a teacher in the Newport News Public School System, has filed this action against the Newport News School Board and various employees of the Newport News Public School System. Plaintiff alleges that the defendants violated her rights by forcing her to take a leave of absence from her teaching position because she was single and pregnant. Plaintiff contends that this coerced leave constituted a violation of her constitutional rights to equal protection, privacy and due process and her statutory rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Walls v. City of PetersburgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
  2. Tyson v. Cigna Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1996
  3. Milan Chonich and Carmen Pascaretti, Cross-Appellants v. Wayne County Community College, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
  4. Milan Chonich Carmen Pascaretti v. Wayne County Community College Juanita C. FordCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
  5. Walls v. City of PetersburgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990

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