Patricia Young v. Pleasant Valley School Distric

OPINION *

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

A former high school student and her parents challenge a number of unfavorable rulings stemming from (1) their 42 U.S.C. § 1988 equal protection claim against Bruce H. Smith, a former history teacher at Pleasant Valley High School, and (2) their First Amendment retaliation claim against Pleasant Valley School District and three of its employees. ■ We vacate the District Court’s grant of summary judgment in Smith’s favor and remand for a new trial, but we affirm the District Court’s orders in all other respects.

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We write principally for the parties, who are…