Legal Opinion
Gernetzke v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 2001No. 01-2084PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Two high-school students sued a Wisconsin public school district and two of its administrators, the superintendent of the district and the principal of the plaintiffs’ school (which is located in the City of Kenosha), charging violations of their constitutional and statutory rights to religious freedom. They sought both damages and injunctive relief. The individual defendants were sued only in their official capacities, so naming them as defendants added nothing to the suit. The plaintiffs appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants.
The plaintiffs…
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