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· 6/25/1985

Hattie M. Trigg v. Fort Wayne Community Schools

Citations

  • 766 F.2d 299
  • 38 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 361
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 20051
  • 37 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 35,340

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that plaintiff may not seek to enforce Title VII through 42 U.S.C. § 1985
  • Title IX of Educational Amendments of 1972 does not preclude claim under § 1983 against teacher in a public school
  • availability of Title VII remedy does not preempt enforcement of Constitutional rights via § 1983
  • “A plaintiff may sue her state government employer for violations of the Fourteenth Amendment through § 1983 and escape Title VII’s comprehensive remedial [and procedural] scheme.”
  • “A plaintiff may sue her state government employer for violations of the Fourteenth Amendment through § 1983 and escape Title VII’s comprehensive remedial [and procedural] scheme.”
  • “Aplaintiff may sue her state government employer for violations of the Fourteenth Amendment through § 1983 and escape Title VII’s comprehensive remedial scheme, even if the same facts would suggest a violation of Title VII.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cummings, Cudahy, Gray

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