Legal Opinion
Teresa Wagner v. Carolyn Jones
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 28, 2011No. 10-2588PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHREIER, District Judge.
Teresa Wagner appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Carolyn Jones, who was then the Dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Law. Wagner alleges that Dean Jones discriminated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights of political belief and association when Wagner was not hired to be a full-time Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (LAWR) instructor or a part-time adjunct LAWR instructor. The district court granted summary judgment to Dean Jones on her official capacity and individual…
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