Legal Opinion
Donovan v. Ritchie
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 24, 1995No. 95-1421PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether the procedural due process requirements of Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565, 95 S.Ct. 729, 42 L.Ed.2d 725 (1975), applied to and, if so, were correctly applied to a high school student before his suspension.
Appellant, a senior at Winchester High School, brought suit under both federal and state statutes and constitutional provisions against the school principal, the superintendent of schools, and the school committee, seeking injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorney’s fees and costs for his ten-day…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- St. John Dixon v. Alabama State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Roland M. And Miriam M. v. The Concord School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- John Real v. William T. HoganCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Jones v. City of FitchburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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