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Tag: Watson Chapel School District

Supreme Court denies review of armband case

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March 6, 2009September 5, 2018 Jaclyn Hirsch

The United States Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case raising the issue of schools' authority to punish students for wearing protest armbands.

Tagged Ark., Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Watson Chapel School District

Arkansas school district asks Supreme Court to hear black armband case

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December 2, 2008December 4, 2018 Alberto D. Morales

The Watson Chapel School District has filed apetition to have the United States Supreme Court decide the legality ofpunishing students for wearing protest armbands.

Tagged Arkansas, Watson Chapel School District

Appellate court rules school district violated First Amendment rights of students who wore black armbands to school

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September 8, 2008December 4, 2018 Alberto D. Morales

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals uphelda lower court's decision saying students who protested their school district'suniform policy in 2006 had a right to do so under the First Amendment.

Tagged Arkansas, Watson Chapel School District

Court: School wrong to punish students who wore black armbands to protest dress code

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September 19, 2007December 4, 2018

ARKANSAS -- A school district that punished students who wore black armbands to protest the district's uniform policy violated the students' First Amendment rights, a federal judge ruled, but a jury awarded no damages to the students.

Tagged Arkansas, Watson Chapel School District

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