Legal Opinion
Petersen v. Davenport Community School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 21, 2001No. 98-1669PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
Plaintiff, Rita Petersen, and other taxpayers residing in the Davenport Community School District, suing as a class, appeal from an adverse judgment in their damage action against the school district and board of education members pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They contend that their federal constitutional rights were violated by the manner in which the board of education ruled invalid and failed to act on petitions seeking an election to block an instructional support program approved by the board.
The district court concluded that the process invoked by the board in rejecting…
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