McGILL v. BD. OF ED. OF PEKIN ELEMENTARY SCH.

No. 78-2111.

602 F.2d 774 (1979)

Barbara McGILL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PEKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 108 OF TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. Rodney Hallberg, Pekin, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

R. W. Deffenbaugh, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983), plaintiff school teacher sued her employer, the Board of Education, its seven members, a school superintendent and the principal of Broadmoor School in Pekin, Illinois. The gravamen of her complaint was that she was involuntarily transferred to another school in retaliation for certain constitutionally protected speech.

Plaintiff alleged that in March 1977, the Broadmoor School...

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