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· 3/20/2003

Laura Scott, Kathy Blitch v. School Board of Alachua County

Citations

  • 324 F.3d 1246
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 5392
  • 2003 WL 1343441

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that school officials may ban speech if they reasonably believe that speech is likely to \appreciably disrupt the appropriate discipline in the school\
  • recognizing that a students’ rights cannot interfere “with a school administrator’s professional observation that certain expressions have led to, and therefore could lead to, an unhealthy and potentially unsafe learning environment for the children they serve.”
  • stating that \the [C]onfederate flag is a symbol that has acquired numerous racist associations to the point that the flag itself has understandably come to be perceived as a racist symbol.\
  • acknowledging that “even if the symbol is not intended to be offensive or innately offensive, it is still danger- ous because it is perceived as offensive by so many people”
  • upholding ban on display of the Confederate flag under Tinker where there was history of racial problems involving the Confederate flag
  • upholding ban on display of the Confederate flag under Tinker where there was history of racial problems involving the Confederate flag

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Judges: Tjoflat, Birch, Roney

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