Legal Opinion
Townsend, Gary v. Vallas, Paul
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 2001No. 00-2522, 00-2999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Gary Townsend and Alex Riley brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) to challenge certain employment actions taken after the drowning death of a student in a Chicago public school. Named as defendants were the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees (“the Board”) and two administrators who were sued in their individual capacities: Paul Valias, the Board’s Chief Executive Officer, and Marilyn Johnson, the General Counsel of the Board and the head of the Board’s Law Department. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants…
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