Legal Opinion
Pyle by and Through Pyle v. SO. HADLEY SCHOOL COM.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 26, 1994No. Civ. A. 93-30102-MAPPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
PONSOR, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case is a reminder that it is easy to' assume a tempest in a teapot is trivial, unless you happen to be in the teapot.
The tumult here arose when two students at South Hadley High School wore T-shirts — one reading “See Dick Drink. See Dick Drive. See Dick Die. Don’t be a Dick” and the other reading “Coed Naked Band: Do It To the Rhythm” — that teachers, school administrators and, ultimately, the town’s school committee decided were unacceptable school dress.
The students then sued the superintendent and school board, claiming that the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- R. A. v. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by16 opinions
- David Warren Saxe Student Doe 1, by and Through His Next Friend, David Warren Saxe Student Doe 2, by and Through His Next Friend, David Warren Saxe v. State College Area School District Constance Martin, in Her Official Capacity as President of the State College Area School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Pyle v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Nicholas J. Boroff v. Van Wert City Board of Education John Basinger William Clifton and David FroelichCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Pyle v. South Hadley School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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