Legal Opinion
Leatha Benita Sims, by Her Next Friend and Mother, Linda Gail Sims v. William Waln and Max Launder
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1976No. 75-1383PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff Leatha Benita Sims is a 16-year-old Negro, who in May 1973 was a student at Schaeffer Junior High School in Springfield, Ohio. Defendants William Wain and Max Launder were, respectively, principal and assistant principal of the school at that time.
This action arose out of an incident which occurred on May 14, 1973. On that date Miss Sims was ordered by her teacher to stay after school as punishment for a violation of school rules. 1 This form of discipline is known in the school as detention. Immediately after school Miss Sims went to the principal’s office and requested that she…
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