George Pickens v. Okolona Municipal Separate School District

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

In this case we examine the propriety of a permanent injunction which forbids demonstrations within one block of the Okolona Junior-Senior High School during school hours. In the face of the appellants’ claims of First Amendment foul, we recognize the District Court’s authority to grant relief to Okolona’s beleaguered' students, teachers and officials, but we find the relief given to be overly broad. We thus modify the injunction so as to revoke its permanence and remand the case for further consideration of the breadth of other aspects of the injunction.

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