Legal Opinion

Joe D. Pennycuff v. Fentress County Board of Education and Homer Lee Linder, Jr., Superintendent of Fentress County Schools

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 12, 2005No. 02-6060PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Joe D. Pennycuff appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Fentress County Board of Education and Homer Lee Linder, Jr., Superintendent of Fentress County Schools (collectively “defendants”), in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Because we conclude that the district court correctly determined that Pennycuff did not attain tenure as a teacher in the Fentress County School System under the provisions of the Tennessee Teacher Tenure Law, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 49-5-501, et seq., and therefore, that the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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