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Tag: amicus brief

Layshock v. Hermitage School District

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

In December 2005, high school senior Justin Layshock created a MySpace page parodying his principal, Eric Trosch.

Tagged amicus brief, law-library

Doninger v. Niehoff

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

In the Spring 2007 semester, 17-year-old Avery Doninger referred to some of her high school administrators as douchebags in a blog post complaining about the cancellation of a battle of the bands.

Tagged amicus brief, law-library

People of Illinois v. McKinney

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

In 1978, Anthony McKinney was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of a security guard in Harvey, Illinois.

Tagged amicus brief, law-library

J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

In 2007, J.S. was a minor at Blue Mountain Middle School in Pennsylvania. She made a parody MySpace profile for her principal, portraying him as a sex addict who hit on students and parents.

Tagged amicus brief, law-library

J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

In 2007, J.S. was a minor at Blue Mountain Middle School in Pennsylvania. She made a parody MySpace profile for her principal, portraying him as a sex addict who hit on students and parents.

Tagged amicus brief, law-library

R.O v. Ithaca

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

The student newspaper at Ithaca High School, The Tattler, wrote an editorial questioning whether their sex education classes needed to go into such explicit detail.

Tagged amicus brief, R.O v. Ithaca

Barnes v. Zaccari

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Thomas Barnes was a student at Valdosta State University who was expelled in 2007 by the school’s president without any warning or a chance to contest the decision.

Tagged amicus brief, Barnes v. Zaccari, law-library

Barnes v. Zaccari

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Thomas Barnes was a student at Valdosta State University who was expelled in 2007 by the school’s president without any warning or a chance to contest the decision.

Tagged amicus brief, Barnes v. Zaccari, law-library

B.H. & K.M. et al v. Easton Area School District

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

In November 2010, Jennifer Hawk and Amy McDonald Martinez filed a lawsuit against Easton School District, in Pennsylvania, in response to what they felt was the unlawful suspension of their daughters.

Tagged amicus brief, law-library

B.H. & K.M. et al v. Easton Area School District

Legal
September 2, 2014October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

In November 2010, Jennifer Hawk and Amy McDonald Martinez filed a lawsuit against Easton School District, in Pennsylvania, in response to what they felt was the unlawful suspension of their daughters.

Tagged amicus brief, law-library

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