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NASSAR v. JACKSON

No. 13-1953.

779 F.3d 547 (2015)

Ray NASSAR, Ph.D.; Gena Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Earnestine JACKSON, Individually & in her official capacity as a Hughes School Board member, Defendant-Appellant Jimmy Wilkins, Individually & in his Capacity as Superintendent of the Hughes School District, Defendant Hughes School District, Defendant-Appellant Hughes School Board, Members in their Official Capacities; Rudolph Robinson, in Official Capacity as member of Hughes School Board; Demarcus Burks, in Official Capacity as member of Hughes School Board; Leitha Cupples, in Official Capacity as member of Hughes School Board; Irene Combs, in Official Capacity as member of Hughes School Board; Jeff Spaletta, in Official Capacity as member of Hughes School Board; W E Duckworth, in Official Capacity as member of Hughes School Board, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Gary D. Marts, Jr. , of Little Rock, AR. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; David L. Jones , of Little Rock, AR.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Austin Hayes Easley , of Forrest City, AR. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Brian Gene Brooks , of Greenbrier, AR.

Before BYE, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Believing that the school district of Hughes, Arkansas ("school district") fired them because of their race, Ray Nassar and Gena Smith sued and won under several legal theories. The school district and one school-board member, Earnestine Jackson, now appeal several orders of the district court. We affirm in part and vacate...

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