Legal Opinion
Kathleen Sullivan v. Meade Independent School District No. 101
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1976No. 75--1315PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the primary question of whether the school board of a small rural community violated the constitutional rights of a single young woman elementary teacher by discharging her in midterm as incompetent to continue teaching because she insisted upon sharing her dwelling located within the school community with a single man. 1
Following her discharge, the teacher, Kathleen Sullivan, brought an action in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Meade County (South Dakota) School District No. 101, members of the school board, and school…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by34 opinions
- St. Louis University, Etc., Appellant-Appellee v. Blue Cross Hospital Service, Etc., Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Eskel Norbeck v. Davenport Community School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Shuman v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Owen v. City of Independence, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Nancy C. Hickman v. Valley Local School District Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
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