Helen Dodds v. Dean Joe M. Childers

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A non-tenured instructor at a state junior college contends that she was impermissi-bly discharged in retaliation for her exercise of freedom of speech and that the college’s failure to give her timely notification of her discharge violated the equal protection clause. Because we find that her speech did not address a matter of public concern and that her equal protection claim is without merit, we affirm the district court’s directed verdict in favor of defendants.

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Helen Dodds worked as an instructor in the Cosmetology Program at Northeast Mississippi Community…