Lou Ann Merkle v. Upper Dublin School District Upper Dublin Township Police Department Margaret Thomas Clair Brown, Jr., Dr. Jack Hahn, Detective

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 2000-05-09

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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”),…

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