Pyle v. South Hadley School Committee

BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Two South Hadley High School students, Jonathan and Jeffrey Pyle, sued the principal, the superintendent and the School Committee of the South Hadley School (the “School”) for violation of their First Amendment and state statutory rights. The Pyles were each excluded from the School at one time or another for wearing tee-shirts emblazoned with messages its officials deemed in violation of its dress code. The district court granted the Pyles’ request for injunction against the code’s harassment provision, but upheld the provision prohibiting message…