Legal Opinion
Timothy Kirkland v. Northside Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1989No. 88-5640PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This civil rights action arose as a consequence of the non-renewal of a probationary teacher’s employment contract. The nontenured public school teacher sought relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his constitutional rights. We are asked to decide whether the first amendment empowers public school instructors to teach from their own individual reading lists, in substitution for those supplied by schools as part of their official curricula, without first procuring administrative approval.
We conclude that the teacher’s use of the supplemental list…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Rankin v. McPhersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by80 opinions
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- Harvey A. Thompson v. City of Starkville, Mississippi, David Lindley, Larry Sisk, and Jimmy Raines, Individually and in Their Official CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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