Legal Opinion
Priscilla B. GREEN, Appellant, v. WATERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION Et Al., Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 29, 1973No. 213, Docket 72-1676PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Priscilla B. Green, a school teacher, was forced by defendant Board of Education of the Town of Waterford, Connecticut,' to take a leave of absence without pay from her job because of pregnancy, although she wanted to teach another two and one-half months and claimed to be able to do so. Arguing that the Board’s inflexible maternity leave provision denied her the equal protection of the laws, plaintiff brought a civil rights action, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Chief Judge M. Joseph Blumenfeld…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by56 opinions
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