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Tag: 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

ACLU, SPLC file lawsuit against Calif. high school over canceled student newspaper

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November 21, 2008December 4, 2018 Caitlin Wells

Lawyers for the Student Press Law Center and theAmerican Civil Liberties Union are filing a lawsuit on behalf of students and ateacher at Fallbrook High School in Fallbrook, Calif., claiming that the schoolviolated their First Amendment rights by canceling the journalism class andremoving the adviser.

Tagged California, Fallbrook High School, tomahawk

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