Kentucky: Federal appeals court denies teacher’s unusual defamation claim

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals took a dim view of the claims by a former Kentucky teacher that a principal had committed “libel by pantomime” by escorting her out of the building when she protested that she was not allowed a representative at a meeting.

She claimed that escorting her out of the building would lead those observing to think she had done something wrong. -db

From the First Amendment Center, April 19, 2012, by David L. Hudson Jr.

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