· 8/27/2003
Walz Ex Rel. Walz v. Egg Harbor Township Board of Education
Citations
- 342 F.3d 271
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that inability to exercise discretion would “force school districts to re-evaluate parent participation in school projects on the basis that they can ill afford the loss of control over the curriculum, legal complications, and potential liabilities”
- “[P]roselytizing speech ... if permitted, would be at cross-purposes with [the school’s] educational goal and could appear to bear the school’s seal of approval.”
- “[I]n the context of an organized curricular activity, an elementary school may properly restrict student speech promoting a specific message.”
- “In the elementary school setting, age and context are key.”
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Judges: Scirica, Barry, Smith
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