Legal Opinion

Georgia Ass'n of Educators v. Gwinnett County School District

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided September 29, 1988No. 87-8089PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLEMON, District Judge:

The Georgia Association of Educators (GAE), its local affiliate the Gwinnett County Association of Educators (GCAE) and individual teacher-members of these associations brought this action under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against the Gwinnett County School District, members of its Board of Education, and its superintendent, claiming that the defendants terminated an automatic payroll dues deduction service in retaliation for plaintiffs’ exercise of their First Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. We reverse.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Local 1315Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. City of Charlotte v. Local 660, International Ass'n of FirefightersSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Arkansas State Highway Employees Local 1315 v. George KellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  5. The Alabama State Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio, Etc. v. Fob James, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Frank Barrett v. Nancy I. Harrington, A/K/A Penny HarringtonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
  2. Danny M. Bennett v. Dennis Lee HendrixCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  3. Dora Elizabeth Cook v. Gwinnett Co. School Dist.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  4. Alabama Education Ass'n v. BentleyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
  5. Green v. City of MontgomeryDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1992

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