LOWERY v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 3:05-CV-570.

522 F.Supp.2d 983 (2007)

Jeff LOWERY, Lisa Lowery, Randy Giles, and Michael Kelley, Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Doug Moody, and Greg Sharpe, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew M. Scoggins, Michael S. Kelley, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, Martin B. Bailey, Wagner, Myers & Sanger, PC, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs.

Charles W. Cagle, Richard W. Krieg, Linda Hamilton Mowles, Lewis, King, Krieg, Waldrop & Catron, P.C., Nashville, TN, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

THOMAS W. PHILLIPS, District Judge.

This is an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages for violations of the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights when they were denied the right to speak at a meeting of the Jefferson County Board of Education regarding their sons' dismissal from the Jefferson County High School varsity football team. The case was tried to a jury over a three-day period and resulted in a jury verdict...

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