Legal Opinion
Gant v. Wallingford Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 26, 1995No. 1765, Docket No. 95-7015PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
The complaint in this civil rights action alleges that defendants-appellees the Wall-ingford Board of Education and various employees of the Wallingford School District discriminated against first-grade student Ray Gant, Jr., by demoting him to kindergarten solely by reason of his race. Plaintiffs-appellants Ray Gant, Jr. and his parents Ray Gant, Sr. and Elisa Gant appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Covello, J.) dismissing their complaint in its entirety pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim…
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