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PALMER v. BOARD OF ED. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 79-1242.

603 F.2d 1271 (1979)

Joethelia PALMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, a body politic and corporate, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne B. Giampietro, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick D. Halligan, Asst. Atty., Law Dept., Bd. of Ed., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL, SPRECHER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff states the issue to be whether or not a public school teacher in her classes has the right to refuse to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance, the singing of patriotic songs, and the celebration of certain national holidays when to do so is claimed to violate her religious principles. The issue is more correctly stated to be whether or not a public school teacher is free to disregard the prescribed curriculum concerning...

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