Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Board of Education
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided October 16, 1980No. Civ. No. 80-399 HBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRATTON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff brought this civil rights action claiming that the defendants violated his right to freedom of speech when they refused to renew his contract as superintendent of schools after he spoke and acted in opposition to certain allegedly unlawful policies and practices of the school board. The case comes before the court on the motion of the defendants to dismiss the cause of action asserted by plaintiff under the civil rights conspiracy statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(c). The motion is well taken and will be granted.
In order for a claim to exist under §…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Marlowe v. Fisher BodyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- William C. Cameron v. John C. BrockCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- LESSMAN v. McCORMICKCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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- Dubray v. Rosebud Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1983