Legal Opinion
Jane Doe v. Taylor Independent School District, Mike Caplinger in His Official Capacities and Eddy Lankford in His Official and Individual Capacities
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1994No. 90-8431PublishedCited by 578 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY and W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judges:
Jane Doe was sexually molested by her high school teacher in Taylor, Texas. Defendant Eddy Lankford, principal of Taylor High, and defendant Mike Caplinger, superintendent of the Taylor Independent School District, were sued in their supervisory capacity by Jane Doe for permitting violations of her substantive due process right to bodily integrity. The district court denied their claim of qualified immunity, and they have filed this interlocutory appeal on that issue. We hold, first, that schoolchildren do have a liberty interest in their…
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