Legal Opinion
Mavis Day v. South Park Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1985No. 84-2119PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The first amendment protects freedom of speech and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. An untenured school teacher asserts that these rights were violated when her contract was not renewed because she protested her principal’s unfavorable evaluation of her performance. The facts support the district court’s conclusion that her actions, whether viewed as speech, petitioning, or both, related only to her superior’s employment decisions that affected her in a purely personal manner not to matters of political, social, or community…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Thaddeus-X and Earnest Bell, Jr. v. BlatterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Cobb v. PozziCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Gray v. LackeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- White Plains Towing Corp. v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Maureen E. Coughlin and Frank S. Mistretta v. Harry Lee A/K/A Jefferson Parish SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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