Legal Opinion
Craddock v. Board of Education
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 26, 1979No. 77-482PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY
delivered the opinion of the court:
The action underlying this appeal sought to invalidate the three-day suspension of a tenured teacher without pay for cursing a student. The plaintiff schoolteacher, Daniel J. Craddock, was granted a summary judgment by the trial court, from which the defendant, Board of Education of Annawan Community Unit School District No. 226 of Henry County, Illinois, has appealed.
It is an uncontested fact that the plaintiff, employed by the defendant as a teacher and football coach, called a student a “son of a bitch.” Slightly more than one…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hortonville Joint School District No. 1 v. Hortonville Education Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gilliland v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Goldsmith v. Board of Education of Sacramento City High School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
- McNely v. Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 7Illinois Supreme Court · 1956
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