September 10, 1999
Federal Judge Rules College Must Reinstate Foul-Mouthed Professor
A Macomb Community College professor with a fondness for four-letter words will have another chance to use them in the classroom.
A federal judge ruled last week that the college was wrong to have suspended John C. Bonnell for using crude language when teaching.
Mr. Bonnell, an English professor at the Detroit-area college, should "be reinstated immediately with pay," Judge Paul D. Borman said. He granted the professor's request for an injunction to
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