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MELTON v. YOUNG

Civ. A. No. 6018.

328 F.Supp. 88 (1971)

Bryan MELTON, and wife, Mrs. Bryan Melton, on behalf of their minor son, Rod Melton v. Corley R. YOUNG et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

June 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Kershaw, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Raymond B. Witt, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendants.

OPINION

FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.

This lawsuit, involving the suspension of a high school student from a public school, presents two issues of federal constitutional dimension. One issue is whether a public school regulation forbidding students from wearing "provocative symbols" upon their clothing is violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The second issue presented is whether the suspension of...

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