Legal Opinion
Milligan-Hitt v. Board of Trustees of Sheridan County School District Number 2
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 22, 2008No. 06-8086, 06-8087PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
A Wyoming jury found that a school superintendent in Sheridan County had unconstitutionally discriminated against two administrators. The judge allowed the jury to award damages for the superintendent’s conduct against the school district but not against the superintendent himself. Both the plaintiffs and the school district have appealed, requiring us to decide the scope of municipal liability and qualified immunity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We conclude that the superintendent was not the final policymaker for the district, and therefore that the district is not liable…
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