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· 7/18/2023

America First Legal Foundation v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a school uniform policy did not place an unconstitutional burden on First Amendment activities because the policy only governed student attire during school hours
  • relying on Brown in finding that district-wide, mandatory uniform policy, evidently covering elementary school students, did not violate parental rights
  • applying the O’Brien test to a school board speech policy imposing specific time and area limitations for the distribution of materials
  • assuming without deciding that a school uniform policy restricted “expressive conduct” but finding “little difficulty” in deeming it constitutional
  • discussing Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390, 396–97 (1923), Pierce v. Soc’y of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510, 530–31 (1925), and Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 207 (1972)
  • listing cases permitting state encroachment onto the parent’s right to direct a child’s upbringing

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Judges: Judge Beryl A. Howell

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