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· 12/10/2004

Porter v. Ascension Parish School Board

Citations

  • 393 F.3d 608
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 25550
  • 2004 WL 2830801

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that Tinker “applies to school regulations directed at DARIANO V. MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCH. DIST. 33 specific student viewpoints”
  • explaining that \[s]peech is a true threat and therefore unprotected if an objectively reasonable person would interpret the speech as a serious expression of an intent to cause a present or future harm\
  • explaining that “[s]peech is a true threat and therefore unprotected if an objectively reasonable person would interpret the speech as a serious expression of an intent to cause a present or future harm”
  • stating that Tinker “applies to school regulations directed at specific student viewpoints”
  • interpreting Black to require only that the speaker knowingly made the statement, not subjectively intended it as a threat
  • interpreting Black to require only that the speaker knowingly made the statement, not subjectively intended it as a threat

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: King, Higginbotham, Davis

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