Legal Opinion
Romano v. Harrington
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 29, 1989No. CV 85-2608PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DEARIE, District Judge.
Plaintiff Michael Romano, a tenured English teacher at the Port Richmond (Staten Island) High School and former faculty advisor to the school’s newspaper, The Crow’s Nest, was fired from his position as advisor following the newspaper’s publication of a student-written Op-Ed article opposing the then-proposed federal holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaintiff thereafter commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the termination violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Before the Court is the second summary judgment motion of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Board of Ed., Island Trees Union Free School Dist. No. 26 v. PicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Romano v. HarringtonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1987
3Cited by7 opinions
- DeFABIO v. East Hampton Union Free School Dist.District Court, E.D. New York · 2009
- Kincaid v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- American Civil Liberties Union v. Miami-Dade County School BoardDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2006
- Vetrano v. Miller Place Union Free Sch. Dist.District Court, E.D. New York · 2019
- M.C. Through Chudley v. Shawnee Mission Unified Sch. Dist. No. 512District Court, D. Kansas · 2019
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.