Legal Opinion
Hager v. Pike County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2002No. 00-6227PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Carolyn Sue Hager (“Hager”), a teacher and program coordinator in the Pike County schools, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Pike County Board of Education (“Board”) and Frank Welch (“Welch”) on her claims of retaliatory demotion and reassignment for political expression and association. Hag-er alleges that (1) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, her demotion and reassignment violated her rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and (2) under Kentucky state statutes, the actions violated a prohibition against demotion or…
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