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· 5/7/2001

Rebecca Wildman, a Minor, by Her Mother and Next Friend Denise Wildman v. Marshalltown School District Chris Rowles Jerry Stephens George Funk

Citations

  • 249 F.3d 768
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 8477
  • 2001 WL 474209

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding \no basis for a claim of a violation of free speech\ existed where the plaintiff's speech was unprotected under Tinker or Fraser and where the coach dismissed the plaintiff for refusing to apologize for that unprotected speech
  • finding no constitutional violation where a basketball player was dismissed from the team for using “insubordinate speech toward her coaches”
  • noting it is within “school officials’ authority to prohibit the public expression of vulgar and offensive comments and to teach civility and sensitivity in the expression of opinions.” (citing Bethel Sch. Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675, 683 (1986))

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Judges: Wollman, Bright, Arnold

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