Legal Opinion
De Bleecker v. Montgomery County
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 8, 1982No. [No. 51, September Term, 1981.]PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C. J.
The principal issue in this case is whether the trial court, in granting directed verdict motions against Rev. Michael P. De Bleecker, properly concluded as a matter of law that he had not been discharged from his public employment as a teacher in Montgomery County in violation of his constitutionally protected right of free speech under the first amendment to the United States Constitution.
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De Bleecker filed a four-count declaration in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, alleging a conspiracy to deprive and a deprivation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. 1 Joined as…
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