Legal Opinion
Richard S. Silvera, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Orange County School Board, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2001No. 99-15318PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
A school board fired an employee who had pleaded no contest to a charge of child molestation and who also had multiple arrests for violent assaults. One would think that would have been the end of it, since in any sane world school boards should not be required to employ child molesters. But the fired employee made a federal case of it and managed to convince a judge and jury that he had been fired because of his race in violation of Title VII.
The school board appeals from the judgment against it, contending that the judge was wrong to let the case even go to a jury. The…
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