Weingarten v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
591 F. Supp. 2d 511(2008)
Relevant factsFree
New York City's Board of Education (defendant) enforced a neutrality regulation barring school employees from distributing or displaying campaign material, which its general counsel clarified extended to wearing campaign buttons; a teachers' union president and three teachers (plaintiffs) sued claiming the ban violated the First Amendment and sought a preliminary injunction against enforcement.
IssueFree
Whether, under the First Amendment, schools may regulate teachers' classroom speech for legitimate pedagogical reasons.