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· 9/19/2006

Martha Louise Piggee v. Carl Sandburg College

Citations

  • 464 F.3d 667
  • 25 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 129
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 23733
  • 153 Lab. L. Rep. (CCH) 60275
  • 2006 WL 2771669

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that “the instructor/student relationship does not end the moment the instructional period is over”
  • deciding professor's challenge to college's sexual harassment policy brought against college
  • expressing homophobic views at school outside of class is unprotected employee speech
  • expressing homophobic views at school outside of class is unprotected employee speech
  • as to cosmetology school, “the instructor/student relationship does not end the moment the instructional period is over”
  • “[A] university’s ability to set a curriculum is as much an element of academic 44 freedom as any scholar’s right to express a point of view.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Bauer, Easterbrook, Wood

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