Legal Opinion
Rollen Jackson v. State of Alabama State Tenure
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 2005No. 04-10046PublishedCited by 220 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
In 1996 the Talladega County Board of Education fired Rollen Jackson from his job as a welding instructor at Pittard Area Vocational High School. Shortly thereafter, Jackson filed a lawsuit in federal district court. In the eight years of litigation that followed, his case has been before four district court judges and two juries. It is now before this Court for the second and final time.
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Several incidents preceded Jackson’s termination. During the latter part of his nearly twenty-year tenure as a welding instructor, Jackson sent numerous insulting and demeaning letters…
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