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Walker v. Elmore County Bd. of Ed.

17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C898a (11th Cir. August 5, 2004)

The employee requested maternity leave under the FMLA prior to becoming eligible for leave, and prior to having her contract for employment renewed. When her contract was not renewed, she filed a claim for retaliation. Summary judgment was granted to the school board because the employee failed to show that the decision not to renew the contract was pretext, and this appeal followed. The 11th Cir. affirmed the lower court judgment but for different reasons. The 11th Cir held that the employee

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