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LARRY BRANNUM and NECOLE BRANNUM, as next friend and guardian for Chelsey Brannum, et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OVERTON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD; EDUTECH, INC.; DOLPHUS DIAL; LENARD LEDBETTER; MICHELLE THRASHER; JOHN DOES, 1-10; JOHN DOES, 11-20, Defendants, WILLIAM NEEDHAM; ROBERT JOLLEY; MELINDA BEATTY; DAVID LANGFORD; JOEY SMITH; EDITH KEY; DONALD BROWN; MELODY WILLIAMS; TIM COFFEE, Defendants-Appellants. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Tennessee at Cookeville.
No. 03-00065—William J. Haynes, Jr., District Judge.
Argued: April 20, 2007
Decided and Filed: February 20, 2008
Before: RYAN and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.
RYAN, Circuit Judge. Thirty-four Tennessee middle school students sued various officials of the Overton County, Tennessee, public school system under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and others, alleging that the defendant school authorities violated the students’ constitutional right to privacy by installing and operating video surveillance equipment in the boys’ and girls’ locker rooms in Livingston Middle School (LMS), and by viewing and retaining the recorded images.
The defendant Overton County school board members, the director of schools, the LMS principal, and the assistant principal, moved for summary judgment claiming qualified immunity. The district court denied their motions and they now appeal.
We conclude that the district court correctly denied summary judgment to the school officials, who are not entitled to claim the defense of qualified immunity, and incorrectly denied summary judgment to the defendant board members and the Director of Schools, who are immune.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ZENEIDA C. RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.
No. 05-00079—Thomas W. Phillips, District Judge.
Argued: October 22, 2007
Decided and Filed: February 20, 2008
Before: MARTIN, GIBBONS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge. Zeneida Rivera pled guilty and was convicted of transporting illegal aliens from New Jersey to Knoxville, Tennessee for the purpose of obtaining driver’s licenses for the aliens. She alleges that the district court erred by selecting the United States Sentencing Guideline provision applicable to fraudulent documents related to naturalization, rather than the provision applicable to generic fraud and forgery. Because we agree with Rivera that the documents she procured were not related to immigration or naturalization, we REVERSE the district court and REMAND for re-sentencing under U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2B1.1.
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RICHARD L. TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TECO BARGE LINE, INC., Defendant-Appellant. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Kentucky at Paducah.
No. 04-00033—Thomas B. Russell, District Judge.
Argued: December 4, 2007
Decided and Filed: February 20, 2008
Before: GUY, MOORE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Richard Taylor (“Taylor”), formerly a deckhand on the M/V Ann Peters for TECO Barge Line, Inc. (“TECO”), sued his former employer for damages, claiming exposure to coal tar left him with a permanent, severe skin reaction. After a jury awarded Taylor one million dollars, TECO brought this appeal. On appeal, TECO asserts that the district court made three evidentiary errors, erred in denying its motion for a judgment as a matter of law, and erred in refusing to offer a jury instruction on the harmlessness of the chemical in question. Additionally, TECO argues that the jury verdict was excessive. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment.