Legal Opinion

Nixon v. Northern Local School District Board of Education

District Court, S.D. Ohio

Decided August 18, 2005No. 2:04-CV-1149Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE C. SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs James Nixon, John Nixon, and Cathleen Nixon seek a preliminary and permanent injunction (Doc. 3) against defendants Northern Local School District Board of Education, Jack Porter, Tom Dorman, and Rich Warren. 1 Specifically, plaintiffs seek to enjoin the defendants from enforcing Sheridan Middle School’s policy prohibiting plaintiff James Nixon from wearing a specific T-shirt to school. Plaintiffs also seek nominal damages. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary and permanent injunction.

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Gannett Co. v. DePasqualeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Hazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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