Legal Opinion
Barbara McGill v. Board of Education of Pekin Elementary School District No. 108 of Tazewell County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 1979No. 78-2111PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983), plaintiff school teacher sued her employer, the Board of Education, its seven members, a school superintendent and the principal of Broadmoor School in Pekin, Illinois. The gravamen of her complaint was that she was involuntarily transferred to another school in retaliation for certain constitutionally protected speech.
Plaintiff alleged that in March 1977, the Broadmoor School principal informed her that she would be transferred to a different school for the 1977-78 school term because “she had complained about…
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3Cited by121 opinions
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