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Labor Law Prof Blog
Of Public School Teachers, Artistic Expression, and Topless Photos
CNN.com had a story yesterday about a public school art teacher in Austin, Texas, an excellent teacher by all accounts, fighting for her job after topless photos were discovered of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Sixth Circuit Federal Appeals Court Approves Tennessee Pro-Life-Only License Plate Plan – Rejects Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Analysis
By Family Law
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on Friday 2-1 that Tennessee can offer a pro-life specialty license plate even though it does not offer a…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Public Employee Speech Case To Be Reheard By Supreme Court
Appearing to point to a 4-4 split in its membership with the retirement of Justice O'Connor, the United States Supreme Court has decided to rehear the public employee speech case…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Dismisses Yahoo Lawsuit For Lack of Ripeness
The Ninth Circuit has reversed and remanded to the lower court to dismiss without prejudice Yahoo's suit against the French civil rights groups La Ligue Contre le Racisme et l'Antisemitisme…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Lawyers have obligation to defend free speech on blogs
The firing of a DeVry University professor prompted an article in the Denver Post about the First Amendment rights of academic bloggers. Meg Spohn, who has a master's degree from…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Finds California Statute Prohibiting Filing of Knowingly False Complaint of Police Officer Misconduct Violates First Amendment
Media Law Prof Blog
Arizona Supreme Court Holds That 1st Amendment Protects Letter To Editor Calling For Killing Innocent Muslims
In Citizen Publishing Co. v. Miller, the Arizona Supreme Court has held that a newspaper may not be held liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress "for printing a letter…
California Employment Law Update
Stripper Cop’s Termination Did Not Violate His Right To Free Speech
By Tony Oncidi
City of San Diego v. Roe, 543 U.S. 77 125 S. Ct. 521 (2004) (per curiam) While working as a San Diego police officer, "John Roe" videotaped himself stripping off…
Virginia Family Law Journal
Parents Have Constitutional Rights to Direct Children’s Education
By Rob Hagy
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in the case of Barrett v. Steubenville City Schools that parents have a constitutionally protected liberty interest in raisingand directing the…
Supreme Court Update
Order List
Of course, the big news out of the Court today is that they agreed to hear the Pledge of Allegiance case out of the Ninth Circuit (surprise!). They also agreed…