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Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Discusses an unsuccessful lawsuit brought by Margaret Boring, an acclaimed high school drama teacher in Buncombe County, North Carolina. She was transferred to a middle school for allegedly violating the school's "controversial materials" policy after students performed an expurgated version of Lee Blessing's "Independence."…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Court Litigation, Dramatics
Flygare, Thomas – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Discusses a 1984 United States Supreme Court ruling against 20 faculty members not belonging to the Minnesota Community College Faculty Association (MCCFA) who alleged that their right to meet and confer with their employers over employment terms and conditions was violated by MCCFA representation excluding nonunion members. (JBM)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Employer Employee Relationship