SCOVILLE v. BOARD OF ED. OF JOLIET TP. H. S. DIST. 204, ETC., ILL.

No. 17190.

425 F.2d 10 (1970)

Raymond SCOVILLE, a minor, and Merrill Scoville, as father and next friend; Arthur Breen, a minor, and Jerry Breen, as father and next friend, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF JOLIET TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 204, COUNTY OF WILL, STATE OF ILLINOIS, Arthur L. Bruning, David R. Ross, Howard Johnson and Clayton Wintersteen, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Lurie, David C. Long, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Richard T. Buck, Joliet, Ill., for appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, KILEY, FAIRCHILD, CUMMINGS and KERNER, Circuit Judges, en banc.


KILEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, minors, were expelled from high school after writing, off the school premises, a publication which was distributed in school and which contained, among other things, material critical of school policies and authorities. This civil rights action was brought for declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages,1 alleging violation of First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as an unconstitutional...

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