Legal Opinion
Piver v. Pender County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1987No. 87-2536PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
This action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) was brought by a high school teacher who spoke out in support of tenure for his principal. The principal was later discharged, and the teacher was reassigned to a junior high school some forty miles from his home. The transfer never took place, however, because the teacher signed a statement of support for his new principal and the school board gave him back his original job. The teacher nevertheless sued, arguing that the state had taken adverse action against him because of the exercise of his first amendment right…
2Cases cited23 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
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Pierson v. GondlesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
- Devils Lake Sioux Tribe v. North DakotaDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1989
- Randy Allen Orga Dusty Stanaway v. Preston S. Williams, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of York CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Warren v. New Hanover County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1991
- Corr v. MazurRichmond County Circuit Court · 1988
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