Legal Opinion
Borger v. Bisciglia
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided January 4, 1995No. Civ. A. 94-C-927PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, District Judge.
On August 18,1994 sixteen-year-old Benjamin Borger (“Borger”) filed this First Amendment civil rights suit (by his father, Darrell Borger), against the Kenosha School District, its superintendent, and its board of education (“School Board”) because they refused to allow the movie “Schindler’s List” to be shown as part of his high school curriculum. Borger now seeks summary judgment and a declaration that the defendants’ decision to prevent the viewing of any R-rated film, including “Schindler’s List”, as part of the curriculum at his school violated…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Board of Ed., Island Trees Union Free School Dist. No. 26 v. PicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. v. SpecterDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
- Virgil v. School Bd. of Columbia County, Fla.District Court, M.D. Florida · 1988
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Boring v. Buncombe County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
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