Legal Opinion
Clements v. County of Nassau
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 23, 1987No. 372, Docket 87-7590PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
Allegations of improper conduct levelled against teachers in our university systems call into play fundamental questions of fairness. At times, however, they threaten to strike at the heart of institutions of higher learning. As Robert Maynard Hutchins once cautioned, “Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching — without these a university cannot exist.” This is particularly true where the charges are aimed at the core of a teacher’s authority, the student’s grade. In such cases of academic dismissals, summary judgment, when properly…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Regents of the University of Michigan v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,768 Phil A. Street and Clyde H. Street v. J.C. Bradford & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Gregory Branum v. Clifford Clark, David Hanson, Paul Szarmach, George Stein, and Ross GeogheganCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Arthur Hollander v. American Cyanamid Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Norbert C. Pearson, Also Known as Spike v. City of Grand Blanc, J. Larry TomlinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Citizens Bank of Clearwater v. Warren W. Hunt, Edward E. Hunt, and Sylvia C. Hunt, Edward E. Hunt and Sylvia C. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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