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Tag: fallbrook

Calif. high school settles censorship lawsuit

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December 23, 2009September 5, 2018 Julia Chapman

Fallbrook Union High School District in Fallbrook, Calif. -- which censored the student newspaper, The Tomahawk, and thencanceled its journalism program and removed the journalism adviser who foughtthe censorship -- has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging violation of thestudent journalists' free-speech rights.

Tagged Calif., fallbrook, fallbrook union high school, The Tomahawk

Judge rules against district's affirmative defenses in high school censorship, adviser case

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June 23, 2009September 5, 2018 Brian Stewart

A California school district will likely have a harder time defending itself from a lawsuit filed by several high school journalists and their adviser after a district judge denied most of its affirmative defenses this month.

Tagged Calif., California, fallbrook, Fallbrook High School, tomahawk

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