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High Court weighs firing over poem at LA Valley College
The California Supreme Court reviews the 1969 firing of Deena Metzger for reading a classroom poem deemed obscene. Lower courts differed on morality versus educational context. Trustees argued elected board rights. Metzger's attorney urged trial ruling already settled.
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