Legal Opinion

Clara S. Brubaker v. Board of Education, School District 149, Cook County, Illinois, a Body Politicand Corporate

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 17, 1974No. 72-1898PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the discharge by defendant Board of Education of three public school teachers — plaintiff-appellants — for distributing or causing to be distributed to their eighth grade pupils allegedly obscene and improper reading materials. Action was brought against the appellees, Board of Education, its members and agents, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. For their cause of action, plaintiffs charged that defendants’ action abridged their civil rights secured to them by 42 U-S.C. § 1983, and…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Charles E. Egger v. Harlan C. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Stephanie Hays and Gail MacDonald v. Sony Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  3. Bliss O. Bignall, Jr., Et Ux. v. North Idaho CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
  4. Janie McGhee v. Daniel D. Draper, Superintendent, Daniel D. Draper, Leroy Chamberlain, Dale Brown, Edward Billups, J. W. Puckett, and Floyd E. MottCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
  5. Richard L. Satterfield v. The Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, a Public Body Corporate of Chowan County, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975

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