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MERKLE v. UPPER DUBLIN SCHOOL DIST.

No. 99-1613.

211 F.3d 782 (2000)

Lou Ann MERKLE Appellant v. UPPER DUBLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT; Upper Dublin Township Police Department; Margaret Thomas; Clair Brown, Jr., Dr.; Jack Hahn, Detective.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: May 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Martin Herring (Argued), A. Martin Herring & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Jeffrey H. Quinn (Argued), Duffy & Quinn, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Upper Dublin School, Margaret Thomas, and Clair Brown.

L. Rostaing Tharaud (Argued), Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Upper Dublin Twp. Police and Jack Hahn.

Before: GREENBERG, ROTH, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents several interesting questions arising out of an alleged constitutional tort committed by a township school district and its superintendent in the arrest and prosecution of one of their teachers for the unlawful removal of school supplies. The plaintiff, Lou Ann Merkle, formerly a teacher at the Upper Dublin School District ("the District"), filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the...

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