Legal Opinion
Valerie Bennett v. Mary Roberts, Marshal Aspinall, Timothy Costello
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2002No. 01-1939PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Valerie Bennett filed this action against the seven members 1 of the Board of Education of Naperville Community Unit School District 203, in their individual and official capacities (“the Board”). She alleged that the school district had engaged in racially discriminatory hiring practices. The district court entered summary judgment for the Board on the ground that Ms. Bennett had failed to prove her allegations. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
In the fall of 1994, Ms. Bennett, an…
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