Legal Opinion
McKinney v. Irving Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 18, 2002No. 01-10233PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
David and Sylvia McKinney (collectively, the “McKinneys”) appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law claims. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
First we will summarize the facts alleged in the McKinneys’ complaint, which for purposes of the motion to dismiss are accepted as true and construed in the light most favorable to the McKinneys. See Nolen v. Nucentrix Broadband Networks Inc., 293 F.3d 926, 928 (5th Cir.2002).
David McKinney (“McKinney”) was employed by the Irving Independent…
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