Mealey's (September 26, 2017, 11:41 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A superintendent who denied a teacher a promotion due to comments made by her father, a member of local government, is entitled to qualified immunity as it was not clear at the time that taking such an action would violate the teacher’s First Amendment rights, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 21 (Lynda Gaines v. E. Casey Wardynski, et al., No. 16-15583, 11th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 18276)....