MINARCINI v. STRONGSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DIST.

Nos. 75-1467 to 75-1469.

541 F.2d 577 (1976)

Susan Lee MINARCINI et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STRONGSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Michael Bingham et al., Applicants for Intervention-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard R. Besser, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Michael T. Honohan, Benesch, Friedlander, Mendleson & Coplan, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellants in No. 57-1467.

Arthur L. Cain, Cain & Lobo, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellants in Nos. 75-1468, 75-1469.

Arthur L. Cain, Cain & Lobo, Cleveland, Ohio, John C. Burkholder, Columbus, Ohio, Kenneth G. Preston, Berea, Ohio, for appellees in No. 75-1467.

Michael E. Geltner, Washington, D. C., Michael T. Honohan, Cleveland, Ohio, Howard Besser, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Stanley K. Laughlin, American Civil Liberties Union, Columbus, Ohio, Benjamin B. Sheerer, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellees in No. 75-1468.

Barbara Kaye Besser, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Michael T. Honohan, Cleveland, Ohio, Howard Besser, Shaker Heights, Ohio, for appellees in No. 75-1469.

Before EDWARDS, PECK and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This record presents a vivid story of heated community debate over what sort of books should be 1) selected as high school text books, 2) purchased for a high school library, 3) removed from a high school library, or 4) forbidden to be taught or assigned in a high school classroom. The setting of this controversy is the high school in Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.

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