Legal Opinion
Donna Cockrel v. Shelby County School District
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 9, 2001No. 00-5259PublishedCited by 318 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Donna Cockrel (“Cockrel”) appeals the district court’s decision granting the Shelby County Public School District (“School District” or “District”), Superintendent Leon Mooneyhan, and Principal Bruce Slate’s (collectively referred to as “defendants”) motion for summary judgment with respect to Cockrel’s First Amendment retaliation claim, which she brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We REVERSE and REMAND the case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Donna Cockrel, a tenured fifth-grade teacher…
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