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· 7/21/1997

Colleen M. Wales v. Board of Education of Community Unit School District 300

Citations

  • 120 F.3d 82
  • 13 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 38
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 18471
  • 1997 WL 406294

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that Supreme Court precedent optimistically indicates that courts can discern public and private speech at low cost
  • holding speech not of “public concern” when private element predominates public element
  • “Wales did not issue a public call for change; she complained to her immediate supervisor (and to her supervisor’s supervisor) about how the conditions in her classroom affected her.”

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Judges: Posner, Coffey, Easterbrook

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