Legal Opinion
Gibson v. City of Cranston
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 7, 1994No. 20-1280PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of Dr. Diane Gibson’s short and stormy stay as superintendent of schools in Cranston, Rhode Island. It stands as a vivid illustration that some of life’s most instructive lessons are learned in the classroom of adversity. After educating ourselves about the facts of the case, the applicable law, and the proceedings below, we conclude that the district court correctly refused to give the plaintiffs case a passing grade.
I. BACKGROUND
Because the trial court took this case from the jury and terminated it by means of an instructed verdict, we summarize…
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