The root of the vagueness doctrine is a rough idea of fairness. Cited 6 times, Frison v. Franklin County Board of Education, 596 F.2d 1192 (1979) | 478 U.S. 675 - BETHEL SCHOOL DIST. Sec. The district court concluded that Fowler was not insubordinate because she did not violate an established rule or regulation, and also found that plaintiff's due process rights were not violated by the procedures utilized at the administrative hearing. 2d 261 (1977) ("But our cases have never suggested that expression about philosophical, social, artistic, economic, literary, or ethical matters--to take a nonexhaustive list of labels--is not entitled to full First Amendment protection."). See also In re Matter of Certain Complaints Under Investigation, 783 F.2d 1488, 1512-13 (11th Cir.) . 1979). 403 U.S. at 25, 91 S. Ct. at 1788. The purpose of teacher tenure laws is to promote good order in the school system by preventing the arbitrary removal of capable and experienced teachers by political or personal whim . District Court Opinion at 23. OF COLORA, Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational Travel v. United States Dep't of the Treasury, UNITED STATES v. AKZO COATINGS OF AMERICA, Professional Standards Commission v. Alberson. ", (bike or scooter) w/3 (injury or var encodedEmail = swrot13('qnavryyrybcrm@sbjyrehfq.bet'); Ephraim, 452 U.S. 61, 101 S. Ct. 2176, 68 L. Ed. 2d 435 (1982). There is conflicting testimony as to whether, or how much, nudity was seen by the students. Ephraim, 452 U.S. 61, 65-66, 101 S. Ct. 2176, 2181, 68 L. Ed. Id. Consequently, it awarded her reinstatement, back pay with interest, reimbursement of funds necessary for her reinstatement with the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System, damages for emotional distress and damage to professional reputation, compensatory damages for costs incurred in seeking new employment, costs, and attorney's fees. at 862, 869. 2d 842 (1974). 431 U.S. 209 - ABOOD v. DETROIT BOARD OF EDUCATION. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S.675, 106 S. Ct. 3159, 3164, 92 L. Ed. Consequently, the focus of our inquiry is whether Fowler's conduct was constitutionally protected. School board must not censor books. It is undisputed that the audio portion of the movie, which contained enough offensive language to mandate an automatic "R" rating under motion picture industry standards, was played through the entire movie. Joint Appendix at 137. The court noted that " [t]he evidence indicates that there was serious misconduct of an immoral and criminal nature and a direct connection between the misconduct and the teachers' work." Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104, 110, 92 S. Ct. 1953, 32 L. Ed. 2d 903 (1983); Grayned v. City of Rockford, 408 U.S. 104, 108-09, 92 S. Ct. 2294, 2299, 33 L. Ed. Joint Appendix at 291. Moreover, there is testimony supporting the fact that more editing was done in the afternoon showing than in the morning showing.2. She was discharged in July, 1984 for insubordination and conduct unbecoming a teacher. That method was to use sexual innuendo and sexually explicit material, some profane language, violence, and vulgar images, to tell the story of the film. Healthy City School Dist. If [plaintiff] shows "an intent to convey a particularized message . 97 S. Ct. 1550 (1977) | . The purpose of teacher tenure laws is to promote good order in the school system by preventing the arbitrary removal of capable and experienced teachers by political or personal whim. A teacher is held to a standard of personal conduct which does not permit the commission of immoral or criminal acts because of the harmful impression made on the students. . Joint Appendix at 120-22. 2d 471 (1977), as suggested by Judge Merritt's dissent, particularly when viewed in the context of the post-Mt. Cited 63 times, 51 S. Ct. 532 (1931) | Cited 1759 times, UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ET AL. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, 285-87, 97 S. Ct. 568, 50 L. Ed. She believed the movie portrayed the dangers of alienation between people and of repressive educational systems. Justice Brennan restated the test to decide intent and asserted: Thus whether petitioners' removal of books from their school libraries denied respondents their First Amendment rights depends upon the motivation behind petitioners' actions. 2d 49, 99 S. Ct. 1589 and Tinker, 393 U.S. at 508). Cited 630 times, 94 S. Ct. 2727 (1974) | Board Clerk Where a plaintiff can show that her constitutionally-protected conduct was a "substantial" or "motivating" factor in the discharge decision, the employer must prove "by a preponderance of the evidence that it would have reached the same decision as to re-employment even in the absence of the protected conduct." D.C. 38, 425 F.2d 469 (D.C. In the process, she abdicated her function as an educator. Spence, 418 U.S. at 411, 94 S. Ct. at 2730. The cases just discussed demonstrate that conduct is protected by the First Amendment only when it is expressive or communicative in nature.7 In the present case, because plaintiff's conduct in having the movie shown cannot be considered expressive or communicative, under the circumstances presented, the protection of the First Amendment is not implicated. Although Judge Peck's opinion concedes that "the school board clearly expressed displeasure with the anti-establishment focus of the film," he argues nonetheless that the board's "objections to the 'immoral' content of the film were intertwined with constitutionally permissible objections to the film's above mentioned vulgarity and unsuitability for the student age group." Opinion of Judge Peck at p. 668. Send Email 161.790(1) (b) was not vague or overbroad, apparently for the reason that, because Fowler's conduct was protected by the First Amendment, such conduct "as a matter of fact and law did not constitute conduct unbecoming a teacher." 746, 68 S. Ct. 525 (1948), and Anderson v. Bessemer City, 470 U.S. 564, 575, 84 L. Ed. I at 108-09. 2d 842 (1974) (per curiam) (display of flag with peace symbol attached was expressive conduct entitled to protection under First Amendment); Tinker, 393 U.S. at 505, 89 S. Ct. at 736 (wearing black armband was conduct akin to pure speech); Brown v. Louisiana, 383 U.S. 131, 141-42, 86 S. Ct. 719, 724, 15 L. Ed. Healthy. . ET AL. She did not preview the movie, despite the fact that she had been warned that portions were unsuitable for viewing in this context. }); Email: Cited 889 times, Pratt v. Independent School District No. See, e.g., Martin v. Parrish, 805 F.2d 583 (5th Cir. Fowler rented the video tape at a video store in Danville, Kentucky. That a teacher does have First Amendment protection under certain circumstances cannot be denied. 429 U.S. 274 - MT. 1, TOWNS OF RUSH, ETC., N. Y.. 541 F.2d 577 - MINARCINI v. STRONGSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DIST.. 541 F.2d 841 - KANNISTO v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. On its distinctive facts, Fowler v. Board of Education of Lincoln County, Kentucky' is almost ideally suited as a vehicle for reexamining some of the "deeper" issues associated with the in-school speech of public high school teachers in particular and with free speech law in general. After the movie was viewed by the superintendent and members of the Lincoln County Board of Education, proceedings were instituted to terminate Fowler's contract. Such conduct, under the circumstances involved, clearly is not "speech" in the traditional sense of the expression of ideas through use of the spoken or written word. $(document).ready(function () { 2d 671 (1981), and Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co., 433 U.S. 562, 97 S. Ct. 2849, 53 L. Ed. At the administrative hearing, several students testified that they saw no nudity. For example, in Frison v. Franklin County Board of Education, 596 F.2d 1192 (4th Cir. 717 S.W.2d 837 - BOARD OF EDUC. v. DOYLE. Showing an R rated movie- Pink Floyd The Wall to her high school students; grades 9-11, on the last day of the 1983-1984 school year. Following this executive session, the board returned to open session and voted unanimously to terminate plaintiff's employment for insubordination and conduct unbecoming a teacher. The district court concluded that plaintiff was not insubordinate because she did not violate any established rule or regulation, nor did she refuse to obey the directions of her superiors. . Mt. demonstrate the appropriate form of civil discourse and political expression by their conduct and deportment in and out of class. A teacher is held to a standard of personal conduct which does not permit the commission of immoral or criminal acts because of the harmful impression made on the students. Cited 1886 times, 86 S. Ct. 719 (1966) | Cited 6 times, 99 S. Ct. 1589 (1979) | Another shows police brutality. Justice Brennan restated the test to decide intent and asserted: Thus whether petitioners' removal of books from their school libraries denied respondents their First Amendment rights depends upon the motivation behind petitioners' actions. 1980); Cary v. Board of Education, 598 F.2d 535, 539-42 (10th Cir. 2d 471, 97 S. Ct. 568 (1977). As herein above indicated, I concur in the result reached in Judge Milburn's opinion. var encodedEmail = swrot13('npnfgnarqn@sbjyrehfq.bet'); HEALTHY CITY BOARD OF ED. Cited 17 times, 541 F.2d 949 (1976) | $('span#sw-emailmask-5383').replaceWith(''); The school teacher has traditionally been regarded as a moral example for the students. The most conscientious of codes that define prohibited conduct of employees includes 'catchall' clauses prohibiting employee 'misconduct,' 'immorality,' or 'conduct unbecoming.'" Many courts have recognized that a teacher's First Amendment rights encompass the notion of "academic freedom" to exercise professional judgment in selecting topics and materials for use in the course of the educational process. The school board stated insubordination as an alternate ground for plaintiff's dismissal. This has been the unmistakable holding of this Court for almost 50 years. As herein above indicated, I concur in the result reached in Judge Milburn's opinion. In the present case, we conclude that plaintiff's conduct, although not illegal, constituted serious misconduct. Finally, the district court concluded that K.R.S. 161.790(1)(b), which proscribes "conduct unbecoming a teacher," is unconstitutionally vague as applied to her because the statute failed to give notice that her conduct would result in discipline. In Minarcini, this court held that this "right to know" was violated by the removal of library books solely on the basis of the social and political tastes of the school board. School Dist., 439 U.S. 410, 58 L. Ed. O'Brien, 391 U.S. at 376. }); Copyright 2002-2023 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. Stat. Investigate the role of diplomacy in maintaining peace between nations. We emphasize that our decision in this case is limited to the peculiar facts before us. 7. 63 S. Ct. 1178 (1943) | 99 S. Ct. 693 (1979) | See, e.g., Stern v. Shouldice, 706 F.2d 742 (6th Cir. 2d 637 (1966) (sit-in by black students in "whites only" library was symbolic speech); West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 633-34, 63 S. Ct. 1178, 1183, 87 L. Ed. Thus, this case is distinguishable from those in which the Supreme Court has afforded First Amendment protection in cases involving expressive conduct. 1)The US Supreme Court ruled on Thompson v. Kentucky in 2010. 2d 811 (1968)); see also Anderson v. Evans, 660 F.2d 153, 157 (6th Cir. Ala. 1970), is misplaced. Cited 24 times. Shown on a non-instructional day that was used for teachers to complete grade cards, A group of students requested the movie, Fowler was not familiar with the movie, Fowler asked students if it was appropriate for school, Charles Bailey (age 15), said it, Fowler instructed Charles Bailey the 15 year old student to edit out parts that were. The movie here seems to me to present a message similar to that expounded by Dr. Spock: abuse of sex and drugs as well as various forms of mental instability and anti-social conduct are associated with an overly authoritarian society. v. Fraser, --- U.S. ----, 106 S. Ct. 3159, 92 L. Ed. Because we conclude that plaintiff's discharge may be upheld under the charge of conduct unbecoming a teacher, we need not reach this issue. She was discharged in July, 1984 for insubordination and conduct unbecoming a teacher. 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Ed. $(document).ready(function () { In the final analysis, the ultimate goal of school officials is to insure that the discipline necessary to the proper functioning of the school is maintained among both teachers and students. Finally, we must determine whether plaintiff's conduct constituted "conduct unbecoming a teacher" within the meaning of Ky. Rev. 2d 391 (1973); James v. Board of Education, 461 F.2d 566 (2d Cir. A number of courts have rejected vagueness challenges when an employee's conduct clearly falls within a statutory or regulatory prohibition. I would hold, rather, that the district court properly used the Mt. Under circumstances such as these, I cannot conclude that Fowler possessed "an intent to convey a particularized message" to her students. Cited 60 times, 616 F.2d 1371 (1980) | The board viewed the movie once in its entirety and once as it had been edited in the classroom. -The district court ruled in favor of Fowler, concluding that her actions are indeed protected under the First Amendment. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of the district court and dismiss plaintiff's action. Id., at 840. Arnett, 416 U.S. at 161 (quoting Meehan v. Macy, 129 U.S. App. We emphasize that our decision in this case is limited to the peculiar facts before us. Mt. Joint Appendix at 82-83. And in Barnette, the court recognized that a flag salute is a form of communicative conduct which implicates the First Amendment. 2d 471 (1977). The Court in the recent case of Bethel School Dist. right or left of "armed robbery. Cited 673 times. Therefore, I disagree with the distinction between instruction and entertainment drawn by Judge Milburn and the conflation of vulgarity and anti-establishment ideas set forth by Judge Peck. Joint Appendix at 198, 200, 204, 207, 212, 223, 249-50, 255. DIST. You already receive all suggested Justia Opinion Summary Newsletters. We conclude that the statute proscribing "conduct unbecoming a teacher" gave her adequate notice that such conduct would subject her to discipline. 2d 619 (1979); Mt. In Spence, the undisputed facts established that the appellant hung a United States flag with a peace symbol affixed to it because he "wanted people to know that [he] thought America stood for peace." 97 S. Ct. 1782 (1977) | Ms. Lisa M. Perez . 2d 563 (1986); Smith v. Price, 616 F.2d 1371, 1379 n.10 (5th Cir. Plaintiff Jacqueline Fowler was a tenured teacher employed by the Lincoln County, Kentucky, school system for fourteen years. The fundamental principles of due process are violated only when "a statute . . 1979); Keefe v. Geanakos, 418 F.2d 359, 362 (1st Cir. NO. This segment of the film was shown in the morning session. The evidence in Wood established that the teachers had been smoking marijuana with two fifteen-year-old students in the teachers' apartment. right of "armed robbery. of Educ. Although Judge Peck's opinion concedes that "the school board clearly expressed displeasure with the anti-establishment focus of the film," he argues nonetheless that the board's "objections to the 'immoral' content of the film were intertwined with constitutionally permissible objections to the film's above mentioned vulgarity and unsuitability for the student age group . Assuming that the school board could have properly discharged Mrs. Fowler for poor judgment and lack of remorse in showing an "R-rated" movie which had short scenes depicting nudity and sexual foreplay, but not for the other reasons given, this case must be decided under the "mixed-motive" analysis of Mt. Healthy. ), cert. Whether a certain activity is entitled to protection under the First Amendment is a question of law. Healthy set the standard that once the plaintiff had shown that his conduct was constitutionally protected and that his conduct was a substantial or motivating factor in the Board's decision to discharge or not to rehire, the school board then must show that it would have reached the same decision even in the absence of the protected conduct. Writing for the Court, Justice Harlan stated that "while the particular four-letter word being litigated her is perhaps more distasteful than most others of its genre, it is nevertheless often true that one man's vulgarity is another's lyric. It is not a principle designed to convert into a constitutional dilemma the practical difficulties in drawing statutes both general enough to take into account a variety of human conduct and sufficiently specific to provide fair warning that certain kinds of conduct are prohibited. Jarman v. Williams, 753 F.2d 76, 77-78 (8th Cir. DIST. Accordingly, we conclude that the statute is not unconstitutionally vague as applied to Fowler's conduct. She has lived in the Fowler Elementary School District for the past 22 years. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. 2d 549 (1986). Plaintiff's reliance upon cases grounded in the concept of "academic freedom," e.g., Cooper, 611 F.2d at 1113; Dean, 486 F. Supp. The basis for this action was that she had an "R" rated movie, Pink Floyd -- The Wall, shown to her high school students on the last day of the 1983-84 school year. 93 S. Ct. 529 (1972) | Cited 711 times, 94 S. Ct. 1633 (1974) | 302 - DEAN v. TIMPSON INDEPENDENT SCH. 2d 637 (1966) (sit-in by black students in "whites only" library was symbolic speech); West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 633-34, 63 S. Ct. 1178, 87 L. Ed. Judge Milburn does not inquire into the motivation of the school board but rather bases his decision on the fact that Ms. Fowler's action in showing the film to her classes was not conduct protected by the First Amendment. 2d 671 (1981) (entertainment protected same as political or ideological speech); Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co., 433 U.S. 562, 578, 97 S. Ct. 2849, 53 L. Ed. In the present case the district court concluded that Mrs. Fowler was entitled to the protection of the First Amendment while acting as a teacher. She believed the movie portrayed the dangers of alienation between people and of repressive educational systems. (b) Immoral character or conduct unbecoming a teacher . The day on which the movie was shown, May 31, 1984, was a noninstructional day used by teachers for completing grade cards. Bryan, John C. Fogle, argued, Mt. Appellate Brief Scenario: Your client, Ms. Kimberly Hall, stands convicted under your state law for charges involving, using the Bluebook provide the correct citation to the following fictional cases. 1976) (teacher could not successfully contend that "due and sufficient cause" standard did not give notice that improper conduct toward students would result in discipline); Kilpatrick v. Wright, 437 F. Supp. 2d 811 (1968)); see also Anderson v. Evans, 660 F.2d 153, 157 (6th Cir. Cited 15 times, Kannisto v. City and County of San Francisco, 541 F.2d 841 (1976) | 2d 584 (1972). The message is that unloving, overly rigid and authoritarian parents, teachers, judges and officials create disturbed individuals and societies. Cited 110 times, 73 S. Ct. 215 (1952) | Ky.Rev.Stat. Connally v. General Construction Co., 269 U.S. 385, 391, 46 S. Ct. 126, 127, 70 L. Ed. v. BOARD REGENTS UNIVERSITY STATE NEW YORK ET AL. appellant's activity was roughly simultaneous with and concededly triggered by the Cambodian incursion and the Kent State tragedy, also issues of great public moment . The mere fact that at some point she may have developed an approval of the content of the movie is not, standing alone, a sufficient basis for the conclusion that her conduct in having the movie shown was a form of expression entitled to protection under the First Amendment. After the movie was viewed by the superintendent and members of the Lincoln County Board of Education, proceedings were instituted to terminate Fowler's contract. Id. See, e.g., Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District, 439 U.S. 410, 99 S. Ct. 693, 58 L. Ed. OF ED. The single most important element of this inculcative process is the teacher. " Cited 614 times, MT. This court need not go as far as the Court did in Pico and Bethel because those cases respectively involved school libraries and a school assembly and did not have the captive audience factor with the teacher acting in loco parentis that is present in this case. The day on which the movie was shown, May 31, 1984, was a noninstructional day used by teachers for completing grade cards. See Schad v. Mt. Id. The objections to the method of communication in the film at issue in the present case cannot be seen as a sham or cover-up but as valid objections to a film the board thought inappropriate for classroom viewing. See Tinker, 393 U.S. at 506, 89 S. Ct. 736; James, 461 F.2d at 571. Plaintiff argues that Ky.Rev.Stat. 352, 356 (M.D. See also Abood v. Detroit Bd. 2d 491 (1972). 161.790(1) (b).9 Our analysis is guided by two recent decisions by the Kentucky Supreme Court. School officials testified that they objected to the movie because it promoted values which were described as immoral, antieducation, antifamily, antijudiciary, and antipolice. See Tinker, 393 U.S. at 506, 89 S. Ct. at 736, 21 L. Ed. 1976), for the proposition that students in a public school have a constitutionally protected right "to receive information which they and their teachers desire them to have." One particularly controversial segment of scenes is animated in which flowers appear on the screen, are transformed into the shape of male and female sex organs and then engage in an act of intercourse. The court noted that "the evidence indicates that there was serious misconduct of an immoral and criminal nature and a direct connection between the misconduct and the teachers' work." . 1972), cert. Thus, this case is distinguishable from those in which the Supreme Court has afforded First Amendment protection in cases involving expressive conduct. These cases do not lend themselves to the reverse purpose of defining what kind of communication can not be expressive. Arthur L. Brooks, Jane V. Fitzpatrick, Brooks, Coffman and Fitzpatrick, Lexington, Ky., Walter Alan Kamiat, argued, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant. }); Email: However, the fact that Fowler's conduct was unrelated to the educational process does remove it from the protection afforded by the concept of academic freedom. Joint Appendix at 83-84. 2d 471, 97 S. Ct. 568 (1977) (finding a teacher's communication with a radio station regarding school board policies was constitutionally protected activity); Givhan v. Western Line Consol. Rather, the proper focus of our inquiry is whether Fowler was engaged in expressive activity protected by the First Amendment, and nothing in the record would indicate that she was so engaged. The school board stated insubordination as an alternate ground for plaintiff's dismissal. Moreover, even these three justices explicitly noted that the decision regarding this right did not extend to the classroom. BOARD EDUCATION CENTRAL DISTRICT NO. Justice Brennan apparently concludes that a school board may make proper objections to content that is pervasively vulgar or educationally unsuitable but warns that this may not be asserted to mask a decision interfering with the communication of political ideas with which they disagree. . Judge Milburn states further that "plaintiff's conduct in having the movie shown cannot be considered expressive or communicative . See, e.g., Mt. The District Court held that the school board failed to carry this Mt. Ms. Francisca Montoya Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104, 110, 92 S. Ct. 1953, 1957, 32 L. Ed. Id. 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