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| | | Perry v. Sindermann (docket #: 70-36) (1972)
[Findlaw]
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Secondary Link
| Perry v. Sindermann
[Legal Information Institute]
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Argument Date
| 01/18/1972 |
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Decided
| 06/29/1972 |
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Supreme Court Vote
| 7-1 |
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Note
| Powell, J. took no part in the decision |
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Supreme Court Ruling
| Free Speech claim upheld; ruling that professor’s lack of contractual or tenure right to reemployment, taken alone, did not defeat his claim that non-renewal of his contract violated the First Amendment. |
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| | | Issue | Whether the respondent’s lack of a contractual or tenure right to reemployment, taken alone, defeats his claim that the non-renewal of his contract violated the First Amendment and whether the college refused to renew the teaching contract based on a impermissible basis—as a reprisal for the exercise of the constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. | |
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Majority Opinion
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Stewart, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Burger, C.J. (see 92 S.Ct. 2717) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Marshall, J. (dissenting in part) |
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Lower Court
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5th Circuit |
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Lower Court Ruling
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Free Speech claim upheld. |
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Sinderman v. Perry, 430 F.2d 939, (C.A. Tex. 1970)
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"Tenure Hearings Held Not a Right; Contract May be Ended by State-Operated Schools," New York Times, Jun. 30, 1972, pg. 16
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McKenzie, John P., "Tenured Teachers’ Rights Defined," The Washington Post, Times Herald, Jul. 1, 1972, sect. A, pg. 4
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