Legal Opinion
Carpenter v. Wichita Falls Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1995No. 93-01771PublishedCited by 277 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Rose M. Carpenter (Carpenter) sued the Wichita Falls Independent School District (the School District) simultaneously in state and federal courts, complaining in the federal forum of a First Amendment violation, in the state forum of a breach of contract and a violation of her right to free speech under the Texas constitution. Asserting the existence of federal jurisdiction over the state-law claim, the School District timely removed the state ease to federal court. The ease is now before us on interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) from the…
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