Legal Opinion
Whitney v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 18, 2002No. 00-4032PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Helen Sue Whitney was fired from her position as a tenured teacher for the Grand County (Utah) School District based on accusations of poor classroom performance and assaulting a student. Whitney, who has been diagnosed as suffering from depression, brought suit alleging that her firing violated, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), two state statutes, and state contract law. The defendants in Whitney’s suit are the Grand County School District Board of Education (“the School Board”) and district superintendent Bill Meador (collectively “the Defendants”).…
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