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An 8 page trial brief arguing against summary judgment requested by an employer. The brief discusses the case of Paula Cornish, a high school history teacher terminated following her protests of the termination of a Pakistani-born teacher at the same school following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The plaintiff alleges that her termination was in retaliation for her exercise of her right of free speech, and the brief lists three relevant cases in support of its argument against summary judgment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSlawTrialBr.rtf
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DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PAULA CORNISH, Honorable Susan Felder Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 01-CIV-0000
v. ARGUMENT AGAINST SUMMARY JUDGMENT MADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES I. CAPTION
In 2001 and for the preceeding six years, Paula Cornish worked as a history teacher at Madison Country Day School, a private school
extending through the secondary grades. Madison Country Day School terminated her employment after her class engaged in a focused discussion of the American Civil Rights Movement, followed by students
independent collective decision to apply lessons learned in that classroom discussion. Plaintiff alleges that she lost her job at Madison Country Day School
not because of any failure to perform, but rather because she spoke against the Defendants decision to fire one of plaintiffs colleagues
II. INTRODUCTION Ms. Cornish maintains that her dismissal has resulted from an unwillingness on the part of the Trustees and Headmaster William Johnson
of the Madison Country Day School to address difficult issues. Ms. Cornish charges that her dismissal has not been based on quantitative and qualitative measures reflecting her students performance.
Ms. Cornish led her students in active classroom discussion after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 for the purpose of furthering their
education in a global perspective and as an illustrative point in the Civil Rights section and discussion in which the class already was involved at the time of the terrorist
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