Copper ex rel. Copper v. Denlinger

HUDSON, Justice.

On 24 March 2006, plaintiffs, Durham public high school students or their parents,1 filed a purported class action complaint2 in Su*786perior Court, Durham County, seeking compensatory and punitive damages, a declaratory judgment, and injunctive relief against the Durham Public Schools Board of Education (the “Board”), Board secretary and Durham Public Schools Superintendent Ann Denlinger in her official and individual capacities, and various other individuals later dismissed from the suit. According to the allegations in the complaint, the Board, Ms. Denlinger, school principals,…