Scoville v. Board of Education of Joliet Tp. HS Dist. 204

OPINION

NAPOLI, District Judge.

On January 15, 1968, minor plaintiffs Raymond Scoville and Arthur Breen, 17 year old students at Joliet Central High School, distributed 60 copies of a 14 page mimeographed “literary journal”, entitled “Grass High”, to other students and faculty members at Joliet Central High School. A copy of “Grass High” attached as an exhibit to the complaint shows that it contained various editorials, poetry, motion picture and record album reviews, and miscellaneous anecdotes. One prominent editorial, entitled “My Reply,” read in part:

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