FRASCA v. ANDREWS

No. 78 C 1484.

463 F.Supp. 1043 (1979)

Renee FRASCA, By her parent and natural guardian, Lucille Frasca, Joan Falcetta, By her parent and natural guardian, Jean Falcetta, and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Robert ANDREWS, Individually and in his capacity as Principal of Sewanhaka Central High School, W. Wallace Purdy, Individually and in his capacity as District Principal of the Sewanhaka Central High School District, Board of Education, Sewanhaka Central High School District, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

As Amended March 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Azzara, Youth Advocacy Project, Mineola, N. Y., for plaintiffs.

Robert B. Loew, Melville, N. Y., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GEORGE C. PRATT, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

When plaintiffs commenced this action they moved by order to show cause for a preliminary injunction preventing defendants from barring distribution of one issue of a high school newspaper on the ground that defendants' actions in seizing the newspaper violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Declaratory relief, class action certification, and damages are also sought. Jurisdiction...

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