Legal Opinion
Evans-Marshall v. Board of Education of the Tipp City Exempted Village School District
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 21, 2010No. 09-3775PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Does a public high school teacher have a First (and Fourteenth) Amendment right “to select books and methods of instruction for use in the classroom without interference from public officials”? Yes, says the teacher, Shelley Evans-Marshall. No, says the Tipp City Board of Education. Because the right to free speech protected by the First Amendment does not extend to the in-class curricular speech of teachers in primary and secondary schools made “pursuant to” their official duties, Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 421, 126 S.Ct. 1951, 164 L.Ed.2d 689 (2006), we…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Garcetti v. CeballosSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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