Kingsville Independent School District, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff- Cross-Appellee v. Janet Cooper, Cross-Appellant

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• school district constitutionally prohibited from refusing to renew high school history teacher's contract because she engaged students in racial role-playing during history class
• school district liable for actions of board of trustees, because only way district court can practically and legally act is by and through board of trustees
• “The usual award of back pay covers the period from wrongful termination to effective reinstatement.”
• high school teacher's discussions of slavery and post- Civil War Reconstruction protected by First Amendment despite school administrator's order that \nothing controversial should be discussed in the classroom\
• actions of trustees represent the only way a school district may act
• attorneys’ fee award to civil rights defendant and counterclaimant

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