Legal Opinion
Walker-Serrano v. Leonard
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 16, 2003No. 01-4098PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
In this civil rights action, plaintiff, a third grade elementary school student, sued her teachers, school principal and school board for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly preventing her from circulating a petition objecting to a planned third grade outing to the circus. The District Court granted summary judgment to defendants. We will affirm.
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Plaintiff Amanda Walker-Serrano was a nine-year-old third grade student at the Lackawanna Trail Elementary School. Walker-Serrano’s third grade class planned a voluntary field trip to the Shriner’s…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Hazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Bethel School District No. 403 v. FraserSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Nichol v. Arin Intermediate Unit 28District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
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