Legal Opinion
Patrica Drown v. Portsmouth School District
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1970No. 7667_1PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a public school teacher, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Portsmouth School District, the administrator, and the school board members of the district. She claims that appellee’s failure to offer her a teaching contract for the 1970-71 school year deprived her of rights guaranteed to her by the Constitution.
Appellant was employed as a non-tenured teacher for the 1968-69 and 1969-70 school years. For each year, she was employed under a standard one-year contract. Under New Hampshire law and pursuant to appellant’s one-year contract, a…
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