KEEFE v. ADAMS

No. 14-2988.

840 F.3d 523 (2016)

Craig KEEFE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Beth ADAMS; Connie Frisch; Kelly McCalla, Defendants-Appellees. Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; Alliance Defending Freedom; Student Press Law Center; Electronic Frontier Foundation; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; National Coalition Against Censorship; American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Amici on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Jordan S. Kushner , of Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Kathryn Morrell Woodruff , AAG, of Saint Paul, MN.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Alliance Defending Freedom; Kevin Theriot , of Scottsdale, AZ., David Andrew Cortman , of Scottsdale, AZ., David J. Hacker , of Folsom, CA., William Creeley , of Philadelphia, PA.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of Student Press Law Center, Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and National Coalition against Censorship; Mary A. Walker , of Minneapolis, MN., Frank D. LoMonte , of Arlington, VA.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota; Timothy Patrick Griffin , of Minneapolis, MN., Barry Landy of Minneapolis, MN., Katherine Devlaminck , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


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