ZUCKER v. PANITZ

No. 68 Civ. 1339.

299 F.Supp. 102 (1969)

Nathan ZUCKER, on behalf of Laura Zucker, an infant, and Jack Orentzel, on behalf of Richard Orentzel, an infant, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Adolph PANITZ, as Principal of New Rochelle High School; James K. Bishop, as President of the Board of Education of New Rochelle, and George C. Clark, as Superintendent of Schools of New Rochelle, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kramer & Labaton, New York City, and Alan H. Levine, of the New York Civil Liberties Union, for plaintiffs; Edward Labaton and Alan H. Levine, New York City, of counsel.

F. Harry Otto, New Rochelle, N. Y., for defendants; John I. Bosco, New Rochelle, N. Y., of counsel.


METZNER, District Judge:

This action concerns the right of high school students to publish a paid advertisement opposing the war in Vietnam in their school newspaper. The action is brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief prohibiting violation of plaintiffs' freedom of speech by the principal of New Rochelle High School, the president of the New Rochelle Board of Education, and the New Rochelle Superintendent...

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