Legal Opinion
DiStiso ex rel. DiStiso v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 21, 2012No. Docket 10-4304-cvPublishedCited by 331 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge POOLER concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.
REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Robin DiStiso, on behalf of her biracial son Nicholas, sued the Town of Wolcott, Connecticut, its Board of Education, and various named educators and administrators in Connecticut Superior Court under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 and Connecticut law for alleged discrimination in connection with the child’s enrollment in the kindergarten and first-grade classes at Wakelee public elementary school. Defendants removed the action to the United States District Court for the District of…
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