Legal Opinion
Fowler v. Board of Education of Lincoln County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1987No. Nos. 85-5815, 85-5835PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MILBURN, Circuit Judge.
Defendants, The Board of Education of Lincoln County, Kentucky, individual board members, and the Superintendent of the Lincoln County Schools, appeal from the judgment of the district court awarding reinstatement and damages to plaintiff Jacqueline Fowler on the ground that her employment was terminated in violation of her First Amendment rights. Plaintiff cross-appeals on the ground that K.R.S. § 161.-790(1), which proscribes conduct unbecoming a teacher, is unconstitutionally vague as applied to her conduct. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of the…
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- Fowler v. Board Of Education Of Lincoln CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987