Legal Opinion
Mailloux v. Kiley
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 22, 1971No. Civ. A. 70-1859PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WYZANSKI, Chief Judge.
This case involves an action by a public high school teacher against the City of Lawrence, the members of its school committee, the superintendent of its schools, and the principal of its high school. Plaintiff claims that in discharging him for his classroom conduct in connection with a taboo word the school committee deprived him of his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and that, therefore, he has a cause of action 1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 within this court’s jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3).
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Epperson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Robert J. Keefe v. George J. GeanakosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Weissman v. Board of Ed. of Jefferson Cty. Sch. Dist.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- Richard W. Hostrop v. Board of Junior College District No. 515, Counties of Cook and Will, and State of Illinois, a Body Politic and CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- East Hartford Education Association v. Board of Education of the Town of East HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Roger A. Mailloux v. Daniel P. KileyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
- Phyllis B. Hetrick v. Robert R. Martin, President of Eastern Kentucky University, and the Board of Regents of Eastern Kentucky UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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