Polson v. Davis

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we must decide whether Kansas courts would recognize certain causes of action plaintiff Maureen Poison asserts in connection with her discharge from employment, whether the district court erred in jury instructions, whether Title VII claims can be enforced through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and whether certain alleged misconduct at trial prejudiced plaintiff's § 1983 case which plaintiff lost before the jury. The facts of this case are set out in detail in the district court’s pretrial opinion, reported as Poison v. Davis, 635 F.Supp. 1130 (D.Kan.1986), and in the…