Legal Opinion
Nicholas J. Boroff v. Van Wert City Board of Education John Basinger William Clifton and David Froelich
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 26, 2000No. 98-3869PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWellford, J., joined by Siler, J.,
GILMAN, J. (pp. 472-76), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
After Van Wert (Ohio) High School administrators told Nicholas Boroff that he was not allowed to wear “Marilyn Manson” T-shirts to school, Boroff s mother initiated this action on his behalf pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the administrators’ refusal to let him wear the T-shirts violated his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the Van Wert City Board of Education and each of the school administrators who were named as…
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