Bender v. Williamsport Area School District

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to resolve the tension between the first amendment free speech claim of high school students meeting in an activity devoted to prayer, and a school district’s claim that the Establishment Clause — also found in the first amendment — overrides free speech guarantees in the context of a “limited forum.” We resolve this conflict between the two constitutional guarantees in favor of the Williamsport Area School District.

Plaintiffs-Appellees Lisa Bender, et ah, are or were students at the Williamsport Area High School. It was their…