Legal Opinion
Harper v. Poway Unified School District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2006No. 04-57037PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
May a public high school prohibit students from wearing T-shirts with messages that condemn and denigrate other students on the basis of their sexual orientation? Appellant in this action is a sophomore at Poway High School who was ordered not to wear a T-shirt to school that *1171read, “BE ASHAMED, OUR SCHOOL EMBRACED WHAT GOD HAS CONDEMNED” handwritten on the front, and “HOMOSEXUALITY IS SHAMEFUL” handwritten on the back. He appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for a preliminary injunction. Because he is not likely to succeed on the merits, we affirm the…
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