Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Chesterfield County School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1973No. 71-1707PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
In this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff challenges the maternity leave regulation of the Chesterfield County School Board on the ground that it deprives her of her rights to due process and to equal protection of the laws guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.1 The *396challenged rule requires, with limited flexibility, that teachers who become pregnant must go on maternity leave at the end of the fifth month of pregnancy.2 This appeal is taken from the District Court’s decision that the maternity leave rule deprived Mrs. Cohen…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United Public Workers of America v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Healy v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Eslinger v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Koger v. BallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Priscilla B. GREEN, Appellant, v. WATERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Paxman v. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Wetzel v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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