BROUGH v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MILLARD CO. SCH.

No. 11710.

463 P.2d 567 (1970)

23 Utah 2d 353

Richard M. BROUGH, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MILLARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Jack Nelson, Delma Jean Galli and Gerald B. Huff, members of the Board, and Talmage Taylor, Superintendent, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thorpe Waddingham, Delta, Richard H. Nebeker, of Cannon, Green, Nebeker & Horsley, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Walter R. Ellett, Murray, for plaintiff and respondent.


HARDING, District Judge.

The court recognizes that a school teacher has the same right to freedom of speech under the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Utah as any other person. However, the exercise of this right is not without its consequences.1 Surely the right of freedom of speech in a school-teacher cannot prevent a school board from taking such action with respect to...

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