Legal Opinion
B.W.A. Ex Rel. B.W.A. v. Farmington R-7 School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2009No. 07-3099PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
B.W.A., a minor and student at Farm-ington High School (“Farmington High”), along with fellow- students R.S. and S.B., brought this First Amendment action against Farmington R-7 School District (“the District”) and its school officials after they were sent home for refusing to remove items of clothing depicting the Confederate flag symbol. After extensive discovery, the district court 1 granted the District’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that Farmington High school officials had reason to believe that students displaying the Confederate flag would cause a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bethel School District No. 403 v. FraserSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Morse v. FrederickSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Mrs. Margaret Burnside v. James ByarsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- West v. Derby Unified School District No. 260Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- A.M. Ex Rel. McAllum v. CashCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Defoe Ex Rel. Defoe v. SpivaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
- Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
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