Legal Opinion
Robert Eaton v. Newport Board of Education, Kentucky Education Association and William Gist
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1992No. 90-6330PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal of a jury verdict of $1 million rendered in favor of Robert Eaton based on his claims, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the defendants conspired to violate his procedural and substantive due process rights and that the defendants committed the tort of outrageous conduct against him. Upon review, we hold that this verdict violates the first amendment rights of the Kentucky Education Association (“KEA”) and William Gist. We therefore reverse the judgment of the district court.
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Robert Eaton was the principal of the Owens Elementary School in…
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