Legal Opinion
Brown v. Chicago Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 2, 2016No. 15-1857PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief. Judge.
Justice Scalia once said that he wished all federal judges were given a stamp that read “stupid but constitutional.” See Jennifer Senior, In Conversation: Antonin Scalia, New York Magazine, Oct. 6, 2013. As he was implying, not everything that is undesirable, annoying, or even harmful amounts to a violation of the law, much less a constitutional problem. Today’s case provides another illustration of that fact.
The Chicago Board of Education has a written policy that forbids teachers from using racial epithets in front of students, no matter what the purpose. Lincoln Brown, a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- 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
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Garcetti v. CeballosSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- United States v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Katie Wood v. Florida Department of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2025
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