Legal Opinion
Joethelia PALMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, a Body Politic and Corporate, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 1979No. 79-1242PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff states the issue to be whether or not a public school teacher in her classes has the right to refuse to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance, the singing of patriotic songs, and the celebration of certain national holidays when to do so is claimed to violate her religious principles. The issue is more correctly stated to be whether or not a public school teacher is free to disregard the prescribed curriculum concerning patriotic matters when to conform to the curriculum she claims would conflict with her religious principles. Plaintiff also…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Laird v. TatumSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Kathleen Kelleher v. Peter Flawn, Gerhard Fonken, Robert King, Joseph Horn, and Charles CnuddeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Timothy Kirkland v. Northside Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Hershinow v. BonamarteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Matthew James Lovelace v. Southeastern Massachusetts UniversityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- James McElearney v. University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Campus, J. E. Corbally, President, Andd. H. Riddle, ChancellorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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