Legal Opinion
Melton v. Young
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1972No. 71-1704PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 328 F.Supp. 88, determining that the suspension of appellant Rod Melton from Brainerd High School at Chattanooga, Tennessee was not violative of his constitutional rights.
Appellant1 instituted , this action in the District Court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging appellant’s various constitutional rights were violated because the principal of his high school suspended him for wearing an emblem depicting a Confederate flag on the sleeve of his…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Edwards v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Thomas Guzick, Jr., a Minor, by His Next Friend and Father, Thomas Guzick v. Donald L. DrebusCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Norton v. Discipline Committee of East Tennessee State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Barr v. LafonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- DeFABIO v. East Hampton Union Free School Dist.District Court, E.D. New York · 2009
- A.M. Ex Rel. McAllum v. CashCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
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