STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER v. ALEXANDER

Civ. A. No. 91-2575 SSH.

778 F.Supp. 1227 (1991)

STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER, Lyn D. Schrotberger, Sam G. Cristy, and James C. Brewer, Plaintiffs, v. Hon. Lamar ALEXANDER, Secretary, Department of Education, and United States Department of Education, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Marks, Alison A. Lowe, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Elizabeth Ann Pugh, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants.


OPINION

STANLEY S. HARRIS, District Judge.

Now before the Court is plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. On consideration of the entire record, the Court grants plaintiffs' motion.

This action challenges a provision of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C.A. § 1232g (1990 & Supp.1991).1 Plaintiffs are three student journalists and a not-for-profit corporation that promotes...

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