Legal Opinion

Corlett v. Oakland University Board of Trustees

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided July 23, 2013No. Case No. 13-11145PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*797 OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12(b)(6)

PATRICK J. DUGGAN, District Judge.

Justice Sutherland taught us that a “nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place, — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.” Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365, 388, 47 S.Ct. 114, 118, 71 L.Ed. 303 (1926). Vulgar language, like vulgar animals, may be acceptable in some contexts and intolerable in others. See FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726, 750, 98 S.Ct. 3026, 3041, 57 L.Ed.2d 1073 (1978).…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Davis v. Regents of the University of MichiganDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2021
  2. Meriwether v. HartopDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2019

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