Legal Opinion

Gant v. Wallingford Board of Education

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 9, 1999No. Docket No. 98-9467PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge CALABRESI concurs in the judgment and in the majority opinion, and files a separate concurring opinion.

Judge SOTOMAYOR concurs in Parts I — III of the majority opinion, and files a separate opinion dissenting in part from Parts IV and V of the majority opinion.

José A. Cabranes, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents questions concerning the nature and extent of circumstantial evidence needed to permit a reasonable inference of intentional race discrimination by school officials against a six-year-old *138child. Plaintiff appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Davis Ex Rel. LaShonda D. v. Monroe County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  5. Tyrrell v. Seaford Union Free School DistrictDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2011

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