Legal Opinion

Federico v. Board of Education of the Public Schools

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 23, 1997No. 96 Civ. 3515PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

PARKER, District Judge.

John Federico brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Board of Education of the Public Schools of Tarry-towns (“the Board”), the Board’s members, and certain officials of the Sleepy Hollow Middle and High Schools (“Sleepy Hollow”). Federico contends that immediately before and after the termination of his employment as a music teacher, several of the individual defendants made defamatory remarks that deprived him of his liberty without due process of law and violated his First Amendment free speech rights and right to…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Federico v. BD. OF EDUC. OF PUBLIC SCHOOLSDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997