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CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION v. LAFLEUR

No. 72-777.

414 U.S. 632 (1974)

CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL. v. LAFLEUR ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Clarke argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners in No. 72-777. Philip J. Hirschkop argued the cause for petitioner in No. 72-1129. With him on the brief was John B. Mann.

Jane M. Picker argued the cause for respondents in No. 72-777. With her on the brief were Rita Page Reuss and Sidney Picker, Jr. Samuel W. Hixon III argued the cause for respondents in No. 72-1129. With him on the brief was Frederick T. Gray.†

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondents in No. 72-777 and the petitioner in No. 72-1129 are female public school teachers. During the 1970-1971 school year, each informed her local school board that she was pregnant; each was compelled by a mandatory maternity leave rule to quit her job without pay several months before the expected birth of her child. These cases call upon us to decide the...

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