Legal Opinion
LaFleur v. Cleveland Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1972No. 71-1598PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Edwards, Circuit Judge.
This is a complaint alleging violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. It is brought on behalf of two pregnant school teachers in the Cleveland school system under the Civil Bights Act of 1871, 42 U.. S. Code, Section 1983 (1970). Each has been placed on “maternity leave” involuntarily and seeks reinstatement with back pay and injunctive relief against the implementation of the school board’s maternity leave policy.. Each claims that the school board’s rule is an unconstitutional discrimination on grounds of…
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