Legal Opinion
Courtemanche v. Enlarged City School District
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 5, 1988No. 87 Civ. 8370 (GLG)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOETTEL, District Judge:
This is another in a growing line of cases finding their way to this court based on substantially similar claims and facts — civil rights claims deriving from the firing of local school officials. In an effort to clear the air as to at least certain of the preliminary legal questions that seem consistently to recur in these cases, we address some of the questions raised by the pending motion in depth.
The plaintiff, Robert C. Courtemanche, is former superintendent of schools for the Enlarged City School District of the City of Middletown. He brings this action…
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- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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