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· 10/4/1996

Monte D. Tucker v. State of California Department of Education James L. Phillips Maria R. Balakshin Terry Proschold

Citations

  • 97 F.3d 1204
  • 12 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 167
  • 96 Daily Journal DAR 12163
  • 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7399
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 26199
  • 69 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,338
  • 71 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1863
  • 1996 WL 563608

How courts have described this case

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

  • treating cubicles and office doors of a state education building as nonpublic fora
  • “A teacher appears to speak for the state when he or she teaches; therefore, the department may permissibly restrict such religious advocacy.”
  • “Because the orders here regulate only a certain type of expression, based on its content — religious expression — they are not content neutral.”
  • “A KENNEDY V. BREMERTON SCH. DIST. 31 teacher appears to speak for the state when he or she teaches; therefore, the department may permissibly restrict such religious advocacy.”
  • “[R]eligious expression . . . is obviously of public concern.”
  • “We conclude that it is not reasonable to 22 The Court has sometimes referred to this entire third category of fora as a “limited public forum.” Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744, 1763 (2017); Good News Club v. Milford Cent. Sch., 533 U.S. 98, 106 (2001

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Judges: Boochever, Reinhardt, King

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