Legal Opinion
Gates v. Walker
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 12, 1994No. 2:90-cv-00128PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WINGATE, District Judge.
Before the court is the defendants’ motion for summary judgment filed under Rule 56(b), 1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The plaintiff, Peggy Gates, a school teacher, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988 2 and 1988 3 alleging that the defendants have violated her constitutional right of free speech guaranteed under the First Amendment 4 to the United States Constitution by not renewing her teaching contract on account of her active and outspoken criticisms of her superintendent and school board. Defendants, the Superintendent…
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