Legal Opinion
John Doe, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Jane Doe v. Pulaski County Special School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 25, 2002No. 01-1048PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*619HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
We granted en banc review to determine whether a school board ran afoul of a student’s free speech rights when it expelled him for an offensive and vulgar letter that the student had prepared at home. The expelled student described in the letter how he would rape, sodomize, and murder a female classmate who had previously broken up with him. After a bench trial, the district court ordered the expelled student reinstated, concluding that the letter was not a “true threat” and that it therefore was protected speech under the First Amendment. A divided panel of our court…
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