School Districts, First Amendment, Retaliation

School Director’s First Amendment Rights Not Violated When Board and Superintendent Criticize his Offensive Social Media Posts

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 3/13/2025

Detschelt v. Norwin School District 23-cv-1402 (W.D. Pa. Dec. 20, 2024). The District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismisses complaint filed by school director which alleged that statement issued by the...more

No Retaliation Claim For IT Employee Fired After Criticizing School District

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 9/17/2018

Wolgast v. Tawas Area Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 16-2240 (6th Cir. 05/25/17): The Court dismissed the retaliation claim of an IT employee who was terminated following comments criticizing his employer, a public school district....more

Jeena Lee-Walker V. N.Y.C. Dep’t Of Educ. Et Al.: Book Banning And The First Amendment

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/27/2018

An application for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court was recently filed by Plaintiff Lee-Walker in, Jeena Lee-Walker v. N.Y.C. Dep’t of Educ. et al. Plaintiff teacher filed a lawsuit against her previous...more

Public Official or Private Citizen? In Free Speech Cases, Courts Must Decide

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/6/2017

First Amendment retaliation claims may be getting harder to pursue for state employees, as courts seem increasingly likely to view speech as part of the employees' roles as public officials rather than as private citizens....more

Teacher’s Verbal Abuse of Student Does Not Rise to “Conscious-Shocking” Level Necessary to Support Due Process Claim

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 6/20/2016

L.H. and C.H. v. Pittston Area Sch. Dist., 130 F. Supp. 3d 918 (M.D. Pa 2015) (Decided September 10, 2015). The District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania determined that verbal abuse by a teacher, by itself,...more

School Districts › First Amendment › Retaliation

School Director’s First Amendment Rights Not Violated When Board and Superintendent Criticize his Offensive Social Media Posts

No Retaliation Claim For IT Employee Fired After Criticizing School District

Jeena Lee-Walker V. N.Y.C. Dep’t Of Educ. Et Al.: Book Banning And The First Amendment

Public Official or Private Citizen? In Free Speech Cases, Courts Must Decide

Teacher’s Verbal Abuse of Student Does Not Rise to “Conscious-Shocking” Level Necessary to Support Due Process Claim

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