Legal Opinion
Carrie-Merle Smith v. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 16, 1999No. 97-2824, 97-2871, 98-1616 and 98-1658PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
According to the 'final pretrial order that governed the trial of this case, the parties agreed that Carrie-Merle Smith, a teacher at Collins High School in Chicago, was the victim of racial discrimination. Smith is white; most of the students, faculty, and administrators at the school are black. After she reported an assault and battery by faculty member Elbert Teague, who called Smith a “goddamn white bitch [who] don’t belong here” and threatened to kill her — conduct for which Teague was prosecuted and convicted — the faculty and administration of the school…
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