Legal Opinion
Guiles ex rel. Guiles v. Marineau
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 30, 2006No. Docket Nos. 05-0327-CV(L), 05-0517-CV(XAP)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to sail into the unsettled waters of free speech rights in public schools, waters rife with rocky shoals and uncertain currents. Plaintiff Zachary Guiles, a 13-year-old student at Williamstown Middle High School (WMHS, Williamstown High School, or school) in Williamstown, Vermont, claims his right under the First Amendment to wear a T-shirt depicting President George W. Bush in an uncharitable light has been violated. The T-shirt, through an amalgam of images and text, criticizes the President as a chicken-hawk president and accuses him of being…
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