Bernasconi v. Tempe Elementary School District No. 3

OPINION

ELY, Circuit Judge:

Mrs. Bernasconi, a public school teacher and counselor, appeals from the trial court’s denial of relief on her claim that she was illegally transferred from her position at a certain school because of her national origin and because she had engaged in constitutionally protected free speech.1 The Dis*859trict Court, sitting without a jury, dismissed the claims of national origin discrimination. It concluded, however, that the School District had indeed transferred the appellant in retaliation for her exercise of constitutionally protected free speech; nevertheless, the…