Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Chesterfield County School Board
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 17, 1971No. Civ. A. 678-70-RPublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Mrs. Susan Cohen, the plaintiff in the above styled action, complains that a regulation of the Chesterfield County School Board (School Board) which requires her to take a leave of absence from her duties as a teacher in Midlothian High School at the end of her fifth month of pregnancy violates her constitutional rights in that it discriminates against her as a woman, thereby violating the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. 1 *Dr. Robert F. Kelly is Superintendent of the Chesterfield County schools.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lochner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- McLaughlin v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- 12 Fair empl.prac.cas. 836, 11 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,755 Jane Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Eslinger v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Priscilla B. GREEN, Appellant, v. WATERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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