Palmer v. Board of Ed. of City of Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FLAUM, District Judge:

The instant case for injunctive relief presents sensitive first amendment questions concerning a school board’s proposed discharge of a teacher because of her refusal, based on religious belief, to instruct her students in the Pledge of Allegiance, to lead them in certain patriotic songs and to conduct instruction and activities concerning certain national holidays. Plaintiff brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). The cause is before the court on her motion for a preliminary injunction.…