Legal Opinion
Levin v. Harleston
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 4, 1991No. 90 CIV 6123 (KC)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CONBOY, District Judge:
This case raises serious constitutional questions that go to the heart of the current national debate on what has come to be denominated as “political correctness” 1 in speech and thought on the campuses of the nation’s colleges and universities.
A professor who has had tenure for over sixteen years at one of America’s most famous institutions of higher learning, singularly noted for its bracing environment of broad and untrammeled speech, 2 claims that his tenure is in jeopardy, his students drawn away, his classes disrupted, his reputation injured, and…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- 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
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Jeffries v. HarlestonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Scelsa v. City University of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- Levin v. HarlestonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Levin v. HarlestonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Radolf v. University of ConnecticutDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2005
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