Legal Opinion
Melton v. Young
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided June 19, 1971No. Civ. A. 6018PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.
This lawsuit, involving the suspension' of a high school student from a public school, presents two issues of federal constitutional dimension. One issue is whether a public school regulation forbidding students from wearing “provocative symbols” upon their clothing is violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The second issue presented is whether the suspension of a student for refusal to cease wearing a'Shoulder patch consisting of a replica of the Confederate flag was violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments under the circumstances shown…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Terminiello v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Schenck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Melton v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Michigan Chamber of Commerce v. LandDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 2010
- Zekas v. BaldwinDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1971
- Barnett v. D'ARTOISDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1971
- HARDWICK EX REL. HARDWICK v. HeywardDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2009
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