Legal Opinion
Smith v. Jefferson County School Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 24, 2008No. 06-6533PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Clay, J.,
ROGERS, J. (pp. 661-66), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
The former principal of Jefferson County, Tennessee’s alternative school and two former teachers at the school (collectively referred to as “the teachers”), allege that, by closing the county’s public alternative school and contracting with Kingswood Academy (“Kingswood”) to provide alternative-school services for public-school students, the Jefferson County School Board of Commissioners and its members (collectively referred to as “the Board”) violated the teachers’ (1) First Amendment…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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