Legal Opinion
Canary v. Osborn
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 3, 2000No. 98-4218PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the individual members of the Portsmouth (Ohio) City School District Board of Education are entitled to absolute legislative immunity under Bogan v. Scott-Harris, 523 U.S. 44, 118 S.Ct. 966, 140 L.Ed.2d 79 (1998), for their role in voting against the renewal of Gabe Canary’s contract as an assistant principal. Among other grounds, Canary brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on the basis that the defendants violated his constitutional rights when they demoted him in alleged retaliation for his “blowing the…
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