Legal Opinion
Lovell v. Comsewogue School District
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 15, 2002No. 01 CV 7750(JM)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum of Decision and Order
SPATT, District Judge.
Plaintiff Joan Lovell (“Lovell”), a school teacher, filed suit against the Comsewogue School District (“School District”) and the principal of Comsewogue High School, Joseph Relia (“Relia”), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, alleging that the defendants violated her right to equal protection by failing to take reasonable measures to prevent students from harassing her due to her homosexuality. The defendants move to dismiss Lovell’s complaint in its entirety pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to state…
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