Legal Opinion
Rost v. Horky
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided February 26, 1976No. CV75-L-85PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
URBOM, Chief Judge.
Clarence L. Rost, principal and athletic director of the Sargent, Nebraska, public school system, wrote similar letters to two school board members and their wives. Because of the letters, the school board terminated Rost’s teaching contract at the school’s year end. The constitutional propriety of that termination is the storm center of this lawsuit, which is brought under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343.
A motion of the plaintiff, Rost, for a preliminary injunction has been denied, and now a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Schultz v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF DORCHESTER, ETC.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1974
- Nebraska Department of Roads Employees Ass'n v. Department of RoadsDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- DeLuca v. SullivanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1977
- Hester v. RizzoDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1978