Legal Opinion
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF HATTIESBURG MUN. SEPARATE SCH. DIST. v. Gates
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1984No. 54216PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
461 So.2d 730 (1984)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HATTIESBURG MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
v.
Peggy G. Gates.
No. 54216.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
December 12, 1984.
W. David Watkins, William L. Smith, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, Moran Pope, Pope & Pope, Hattiesburg, for appellant.
Thomas M. Matthews, Jr., Parsons & Matthews, Wiggins, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and PRATHER, JJ.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
The basic issue in this appeal involves the constitutional question of free speech balanced against the substantial evidence rule in a teacher…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- CALHOUN CTY. BD. OF ED. v. HamblinMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Merchant v. Pearl Mun. Sep. Sch. Dist.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1986
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- Noxubee County Bd. of Educ. v. GivensMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
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