Legal Opinion
Corbett v. Duerring
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided January 28, 2011No. Civil Action 2:10-1053PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN T. COPENHAVER, JR., District Judge.
Pending is the motion to dismiss of defendants Ronald Duerring (“Duerring”) and Kanawha County Board of Education (“KCBOE”) (collectively, “defendants”), filed October 27, 2010.
I. Factual Background
In this action, plaintiff Peter Corbett (“Corbett”) alleges that defendants terminated his employment in violation of his First Amendment right of free speech. The following factual recitation is taken in its entirety from Corbett’s complaint.
Corbett was hired as a teacher and coach at George Washington High School (“GW”) in August…
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