Legal Opinion
Kenneth E. Hardy v. Jefferson Community College and Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Mary Pamela Besser and Richard Green
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2001No. 00-5198PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth E. Hardy, a Caucasian adjunct instructor at Jefferson Community College, brought suit against the College, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, College President Richard Green, and former Acting Dean Mary Pamela Besser pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants retaliated against him for exercising his constitutionally protected right of free speech. Following a classroom discussion examining the impact of such oppressive and disparaging words as “nigger” and “bitch,” one of Hardy’s African-American students complained to her…
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