Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Plano Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 3, 2009No. 08-40707PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
' PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This is a First Amendment challenge to the facial validity of school rules for student distribution of written materials.
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Four families with students in Plano Independent School District schools allege that over a three-year period students were not permitted to distribute various religious materials, including pencils inscribed with “Jesus is the reason for the season,” candy canes with cards describing their Christian origin, tickets to a church’s religious musical programs, and tickets to a dramatic Christian play, this by a policy then in effect…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by65 opinions
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