Legal Opinion
Hedges Ex Rel. Hedges v. Wauconda Community Unit School District No. 118
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 28, 1992No. 90 C 6604PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MODIFIED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PLUNKETT, District Judge.
In 1990 Wauconda Junior High School promulgated a policy prohibiting student distribution of religious materials on school property. One of its students challenged this policy on the grounds that it violated her First Amendment right to freedom of speech. We agreed with the student and entered an order preliminarily enjoining the school district from enforcing the policy. The district subsequently revised its policy. The new policy no longer barred religious materials per se; instead, it barred the distribution of, among other…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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