Legal Opinion
Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1968No. 510PublishedCited by 5,775 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
Appellant Marvin L. Pickering, a teacher in Township High School District 205, Will County, Illinois, was dismissed from his position by the appellee Board of Education for sending a letter to a local newspaper in connection with a recently proposed tax increase that was critical of the way in which the Board and the district superintendent of schools had handled past proposals to raise new revenue for the schools. Appellant's dismissal resulted from a determination by the Board, after a full hearing, that the publication of the letter was “detrimental to the efficient operation and…
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