Legal Opinion

Juana Vargas-Harrison v. Racine Unified School District, Dennis McGoldrick John Pelej

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 30, 2001No. 01-1440PublishedCited by 95 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Juana Vargas-Harrison filed this action against her employer, the Racine Unified School District (“School District”), alleging that the School District had violated her First Amendment rights when it demoted her for opposing publicly one of its policies. The complaint also named the School District’s Superintendent Dennis McGoldrick, Assistant Superintendent John Pelej, and Director of School Operations Patricia Stephens-Rogers (collectively “Administrators”) as individual defendants to the suit. The district court entered summary judgment for the School District and its…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Edward Nekolny, Patrick Dumas, and Maria L. Dahms v. Ann B. Painter, Individually and as Supervisor of Lyons Township, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981

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