Hennessy v. City of Melrose

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal implicates the delicate balance between the need of educational institutions to have a relatively unfettered hand in order to perform their core mission effectively and the rights of teachers (and aspiring teachers) freely to express themselves. On particular facts, the district court reconciled that balance against plaintiff-appellant Robert J. Hennessy. At the same time, the court rejected several other claims that Hennessy had brought. Hennessy now appeals. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In accord with the summary judgment standard, we limn the facts as hospitably…