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Appellant Marvin L. Pickering, a teacher in Township High School District 205, Will County, Illinois, was dismissed from his position by the appellee Board of Education for sending a letter to a local newspaper in connection with a recently proposed tax increase that was critical of the way in which the Board and the district superintendent of ...
Pickering involved a Township High School teacher who was dismissed after writing a letter to a local newspaper which criticised how the Township Board of Education and the district superintendent had handled past proposals to raise new revenue for the schools.
26 lut 2019 · Pickering v. Board of Education Brief. Statement of the Facts: A teacher in Township High School District 205 wrote a letter to a local newspaper, complaining about the way in which the Board of Education handled past proposals to raise revenue.
1 sty 2009 · Pickering contested his termination in state court, alleging a violation of his First Amendment right of free speech. School board officials countered that the letter was detrimental to the interests of the school. A trial court ruled in favor of the school board. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the trial court by a 3-2 vote.
Marvin Pickering, a school teacher, wrote a letter to the editor at the Lockport Herald complaining about a recently defeated school board proposal to increase school taxes. The letter complained about the board’s handling of past proposals and allocation of funds favoring athletics over academics.
Pickering sued in the Circuit Court of Will County alleging his letter was speech protected under the First Amendment. The court ruled in favor of the school board and the Supreme Court of Illinois affirmed.
At a hearing, the Board charged that numerous statements in the letter were false, and that the publication of the statements unjustifiably impugned the Board and school administration.
