Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1968-06-03

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Mb. Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant Marvin L. Pickering, a teacher in Township High School District 205, Will County, Illinois, was dismissed from his position by the appellee Board of Education for sending a letter to a local newspaper in connection with a recently proposed tax increase that was critical of the way in which the Board and the district superintendent of schools ha…

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