Legal Opinion
Smith v. Severn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 1997No. 96-1563PublishedCited by 244 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
A mother, on behalf of her teenage son, claims that his three-day suspension from high school for using a chain saw and a boa constrictor to disrupt a school assembly violated his Constitutional rights of due process and equal protection.
I. Factual HistoRY
In 1994 Brandon Smith was a senior at North Boone High School in Boone County, Illinois. On October 14 of that year Brandon participated in a lip sync1 contest at North Boone’s homecoming school assembly. Prior to the contest, the school officials notified all students that anyone wishing to participate was required to…
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