Legal Opinion
Peggy BURTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CASCADE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNION HIGH SCHOOL NO. 5 Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1975No. 73-1568PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an appeal by a non-tenured, homosexual schoolteacher from a district court order granting her damages and attorney fees for what was adjudged her wrongful dismissal, but refusing to reinstate her to her old position. We affirm.
Appellant Peggy Burton began to teach at Cascade High School in July 1970. She was in the second month of her second full year as a teacher of biology, earth sciences, ecology, consumer education, and business mathematics, and as supervisor and referee of girls’ sports activities. The defendant Federico, the school principal, confronted her with…
3Cases cited14 opinions
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4Cited by36 opinions
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