John Doe and Jane Doe, as Next Friend of Sarah Doe v. Rains County Independent School District, Dana White

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1995-10-31

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PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge: This appeal arises from yet another tragic instance of a high school coach’s alleged sexual abuse of a student. It brings a difficult issue testing limits of federal judicial authority: whether a school teacher’s breach of a state-law duty to report child abuse can, by itself, give rise to a federal claim against the teacher under <span…

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