Carolyn F. Robinson v. Jefferson County Board of Education

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This is a § 1983 suit concerning the refusal of school board to renew the contract of a non-tenured teacher. The plaintiff-appellant, Ms. Carolyn Robinson, alleged that the defendant Jefferson County Board of Education’s refusal to renew her contract was unconstitutional because it (1) denied her a right to a hearing under the fourteenth amendment and (2) was taken in retaliation for her exercise of protected first amendment rights. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the first of these claims, and a non jury trial was held on the…