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Tag: jagwire

Privacy suit against Wash. school district ends favorably for student newspaper

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January 17, 2013December 4, 2018 Frank LoMonte

A long-running Washington lawsuit, attempting to hold a public school liable for embarrassing facts published in a student-run newspaper, has concluded with no liability for the school.The Washington Supreme Court decided Jan.

Tagged emerald ridge, jagwire, privacy, puyallup, Washington Court of Appeals

Wash. students named in promiscuity story ask state Supreme Court to reinstate lawsuit

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September 13, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

The four former students who unsuccessfully sued a Washington school district over a student newspaper article about students’ promiscuity have filed a petition for appeal to the Washington Supreme Court.

Tagged defamation, Emerald Ridge High School, jagwire, MRB et al v. Puyallup School District, Puyallup School District, Washington

Wash. Court of Appeals affirms trial court's dismissal in oral sex case

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August 9, 2012September 5, 2018 Sara Gregory

Four former students suing a Washington school district for an article in the student newspaper that quoted their views on oral sex were denied their request for a new trial Wednesday by the state’s Court of Appeals.

Tagged Emerald Ridge High School, invasion of privacy, jagwire, Puyallup School District, Washington

Wash. appeals court to hear Puyallup student newspaper case

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November 10, 2011December 4, 2018 Nicole Hill

Fouryears after students at a Washington high school sued their school district forinvasion of privacy over a student newspaper story, an appeals court is set tohear their case in January.

Tagged Emerald Ridge High School, jagwire, MRB et al v. Puyallup School District, Washington

Student plaintiffs file notice of appeal in case against Puyallup School District

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May 21, 2010September 5, 2018 Josh Moore

WASHINGTON -- Four former Emerald Ridge High School studentsfiled a notice of appeal this week after losing their lawsuit last month againstthe Puyallup School District and the school's student newspaper, the JagWire.

Tagged Emeral Ridge High School, jagwire, Washington

Wash. student editors join together to fight district's prior review policy

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May 20, 2010September 5, 2018 Josh Moore

Student editors at three Puyallup School Districthigh schools are pointing to a recent case of censorship as proof they need apublications policy without prior review.

Tagged Emerald Ridge High School, jagwire, Washington

Wash. jury finds paper's oral sex articles did not invade students' privacy

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April 22, 2010September 5, 2018 Katie Maloney

A Pierce County jury found in favor of the PuyallupSchool District on Wednesday, establishing that the school's 2008 studentnewspaper article about students' sexual practices and histories was not aviolation of those students' privacy.

Tagged Emerald Ridge High School, jagwire, Washington

Puyallup School District case goes to jury

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April 21, 2010September 5, 2018 Mike Hiestand

"This case is not about whether youdidn't like this article or thought the topic was not appropriate [for ahigh school student newspaper]....This case is about the evidence and about thelaw," said Seattle attorney Mike Patterson, representing Puyallup SchoolDistrict.

Tagged Emerald Ridge High School, jagwire, Washington

Trial over school paper's printing of student sex histories begins in Wash.

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March 26, 2010September 5, 2018 Nicole Ocran

A trial began this week after two years ofdispute involving the Puyallup School District and former Emerald Ridge HighSchool students and their parents, after the school's newspaper printedinformation about the students' sexual histories.

Tagged Emeral Ridge High School, jagwire, Washington

Wash. school district approves new policy allowing prior review of student publications

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September 24, 2008December 4, 2018 Caitlin Wells

Student journalists in the Puyallup SchoolDistrict came back from summer vacation to a startling discovery: a new freedomof expression policy that placed every student publication in the district underprior review.

Tagged Emerald Ridge High School, jagwire, Washington

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