Legal Opinion

Karen Horwitz v. Board of Education of Avoca School District No. 37, John W. Sloan, Venette Biancalana, and Dorothy Ballantyne

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 26, 2001No. 00-4271PublishedCited by 164 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Karen Horwitz began teaching full time at Avoca West Elementary School when the 1993 to 1994 school year began and continued to do so until she was terminated in April of 1999. Horwitz has raised numerous claims against the Board of Education of Avoca School District No. 37 (the “Board”), Dr. John W. Sloan, Dr. Venette Biancalana, and Dorothy Ballan-tyne. She is appealing a variety of decisions made by the district court that resulted in her case not culminating in a trial. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

I. Background

The Board hired Horwitz for the 1993 to 1994…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  4. John Duda v. Board of Education of Franklin Park Public School District No. 84, John Barry, Dan PietriniCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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