Legal Opinion

Hibbitts v. Buchanan County School Board

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided February 23, 2010No. Case 1:09CV00073Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES P. JONES, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, three public school administrators, filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 2003), alleging that the defendants violated the Fourteenth Amendment by depriving the administrators of them constitutionally protected right to a continuing contract. On the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, I find that the plaintiffs have failed to state a plausible claim.

I

The Complaint in this case asserts as follows.

The plaintiffs, Melanie Hibbitts, Lynn Lowe, and Ruby Coffey, work as the principal and assistant principals, respectively, at Riverview…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Huang v. Board Of Governors Of The University Of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990

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