Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Coar v. Gross

414 U.S. 1075

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1973-12-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • interlocking confessions must be the same “[a]s to motive, plot and execution of the crime”
  • university's nonrenewal of untenured teacher based on her teaching style did not violate constitutional rights to academic freedom and freedom of speech
  • university free, under First Amendment, to refuse to rehire a nontenured teacher whose teaching methods are incompatible with the teaching aims of the university
  • finding Rhode Island statute “partly punitive”

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
85 opinions

Super. Ct. N. J. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Douglas would grant certiorari.