Legal Opinion

Ferrara v. Mills

District Court, S.D. Florida

Decided November 14, 1984No. 82-8329-CIVPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

GONZALEZ, District Judge.

I

IN THIS ACTION plaintiff Lawrence J. Ferrara alleges that his former superiors at John I. Leonard High School and the Palm Beach County School Board violated his constitutional rights by changing his class assignments and hours in retaliation for plaintiffs outspoken criticism of school policy.

Subject-matter jurisdiction is premised on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. Appended to plaintiffs federal questions is a tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The doctrine of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lawrence J. Ferrara v. Thomas MillsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  2. Thompson v. McDowellDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1987
  3. Stalter v. City of MontgomeryDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1992

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