Legal Opinion
LaFlamme v. Essex Junction School District
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 21, 2000No. 97-493PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
Defendants Essex Junction School District and Essex Junction Prudential Committee (school board) appeal a jury verdict awarding plaintiff Stanley LaFlamme damages for violation of his right to procedural due process under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Because the evidence was insufficient to support such a claim as a matter of law, we reverse.
This controversy arose when the Essex Junction Prudential Committee, which functions as the school board for the Village of Essex Junction, publicly “censured” LaFlamme, who had been elected to the Prudential Committee in May 1994. Conflict and tension between…
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