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· 1/11/2010

Doe 20 v. Board of Education of the Community Unit School District No. 5

Citations

  • 680 F. Supp. 2d 957
  • 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1902
  • 2010 WL 145782

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that “internal policies do not create legal duty where law does not impose duty”
  • declining to apply Section 2-201 where \[a] more developed recorded [wa]s needed regarding 'both the type of position held by the employee and the type of actions performed or omitted by the employee.' \
  • declining to apply Section 2-201 where “[a] more developed recorded [wa]s needed regarding ‘both the type of position held by the employee and the type of actions performed or omitted by the employee.’”
  • “The Court does not see how the actual decisions to hire or re-hire could be considered ministerial. Case law concludes that hiring and firing are discretionary decisions, requiring a balancing of many different competing considerations.”
  • allegation that parents of three students complained to school officials of teacher's misconduct gave rise to plausible inference that school officials knew teacher had sexually harassed students and posed the same risk to students in the next school year
  • allegation that parents of three students complained to school officials of teacher’s misconduct gave rise to plausible inference that school officials knew teacher had sexually harassed students and posed the same risk to students in the next school year

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Judges: Michael M. Mihm

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