WILLIAMS v. SPENCER

No. 78-1590.

622 F.2d 1200 (1980)

Gregory J. WILLIAMS, Individually and by his mother, Andrea M. Williams, and in his capacity as co-editor of the "Joint Effort"; and Mark I. Gutstein, Individually and by his father, Martin Gutstein, and in his capacity as co-editor of the "Joint Effort", Appellants, v. Elizabeth SPENCER; Herbert Benington; Blair Hewing; Verna Fletcher; Marian Greenblatt; Roscoe Nix; Dr. Daryl Shaw, Individually and in their official capacity as Members constituting the Montgomery County Board of Education; and Dr. Charles M. Bernardo, Individually and in his capacity as Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools; and Dr. George B. Thomas, Individually and in his capacity as Area II Assistant Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools; and Dr. Thomas P. Marshall, Individually and in his capacity as Principal of Springbrook High School; and Austin Patterson, Individually and in his capacity as Administrative Assistant and/or Building Monitor, Springbrook High School, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Simpson, Student Press Law Center, Washington, D. C. (Michael S. Shelton, Cohen, Abeloff & Staples, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Paul V. McCormick, Rockville, Md., for appellees.

Before FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Gregory J. Williams and Mark I. Gutstein, students at the time of filing this action at Springbrook High School within the Montgomery County, Maryland school district, brought suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, damages, and attorneys' fees against the Montgomery County Board of Education, the superintendent of schools, an area assistant superintendent, a school principal, and a building monitor. They claimed an alleged interference...

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