Legal Opinion
Skiff v. Colchester School District
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 25, 2009No. 07-4682-cvPublished
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
The plaintiff Anthony Skiff is highly educated. He began a second career as a social studies teacher at a public high school in Colchester, Connecticut. After four years of teaching, and mixed and sometimes failing evaluations, the school declined to renew his contract. Skiff brings a constellation of claims, including claims based on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., and the Equal Protection Clause. Following discovery, the defendants moved for summary judgment on all counts. The United States District Court for the District of…
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