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Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1983
Based on research conducted at Mississippi State University, Meridian (Mississippi) Public Schools, and Vicksburgh Public Schools, the intent of this study was to determine the general state of due process procedures in the practices of school officials throughout the southern region. All cases involving teacher dismissal in the Fifth Circuit…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
Sanders, Wayne C. – 1986
The authority of the First Amendment may transcend the strictures of its original wording, which limits it to proscriptions of federal government suppression of speech. Attempts by some courts to extend First Amendment authority to the workplace is clearly related to the growing criticism of unrestrained managerial dismissal power. The first major…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel), Due Process, Employer Attitudes
Jacobs, Roger B. – Labor Law Journal, 1978
Examines the parameters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and relevant First Amendment case law, reviews several analogous court decisions in private employment, and analyzes Yott vs. North American Rockwell Corporation (case involving an employee who, on religious grounds, refused to join a union) and its application to public employment.…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Employment Practices, Employment Qualifications
Peer reviewedBurleson, Bruce – Baylor Law Review, 1981
Section 702 of Title VII partially exempts religious educational institutions, allowing them to give employment preference to individuals of a particular religion. The conflict with First Amendment rights of sectarian schools and claims of nonsectarian schools are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Faculty, Constitutional Law, Employment Practices
Peer reviewedChemerinsky, Erwin – American Behavioral Scientist, 1998
Reviews current court cases pertaining to infringements on academic freedom and considers their relationship to arguments concerning tenure. In particular, raises such issues as how the First Amendment protects the academic freedom of faculty and if there are alternative safeguards. Concludes that eliminating tenure would jeopardize academic…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Rank (Professional), Court Litigation, Educational Change
Download full textOregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Educational Policy and Management. – 1983
This guide for school district administrators presents workshop materials for administrators' mutual training. The guide assists administrators in preventing lawsuits by teachers against the district for violations of the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Section 1, the introduction, offers two objectives: to acquaint administrators with…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Court Litigation
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. Council of School Attorneys. – 1986
These legal documents and discussions represent a variety of litigations concerning state statutes and federal regulations. Part A, "Preventing a Law Suit," offers suggestions for avoiding employee termination lawsuits and presents documents for teacher evaluation and for teacher termination and grievance hearings. "New and Emerging…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Alcoholism, Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights
