Legal Opinion
West v. Derby Unified School District 260
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided August 11, 1998No. 98-1163-WEBPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum and Order
WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff T.W., a minor student attending the Derby Middle School, was suspended from school for three days after he drew a picture of a Confederate flag on a piece of paper during his math class. The defendant Derby Unified School District #260 suspended T.W. because it found he had violated the district’s “Racial Harassment or Intimidation” policy, which prohibits students from possessing at school “any written material, either printed or in their own handwriting, . that is racially divisive or creates ill will or hatred,” and which…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Linda Denno, as Parent, Legal Guardian and Next Friend for Wayne Denno v. School Board of Volusia County, Florida Dennis Roberts, an IndividualCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
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- Laura Scott, Kathy Blitch v. School Board of Alachua CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- A.M. Ex Rel. McAllum v. CashCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Silva v. ST. ANNE CATHOLIC SCHOOLDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2009
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