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PALMER v. BOARD OF ED. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 77 C 4721.

466 F.Supp. 600 (1979)

Joethelia PALMER v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, a body politic and corporate, Joseph P. Hannon, Raymond C. Principe, Gerald J. Heing, Bessie F. Lawrence, Nina F. Jones, James G. Moffat, and Florence H. Paskind.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ligtenberg, DeJong, Poltrock & Giampietro, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Michael J. Murray, Patrick D. Halligan, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FLAUM, District Judge:

The instant case for injunctive relief presents sensitive first amendment questions concerning a school board's proposed discharge of a teacher because of her refusal, based on religious belief, to instruct her students in the Pledge of Allegiance, to lead them in certain patriotic songs and to conduct instruction and activities concerning certain national holidays. Plaintiff brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S...

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