WEST v. DERBY UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. # 260

No. 98-1163-WEB.

23 F.Supp.2d 1223 (1998)

Terry WEST, individually and as guardian of T.W., and T.W., a minor, Plaintiffs, v. DERBY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT # 260, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

August 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason M. Sneed, Lathrop & Gage L.C., Overland Park, KS, for Terry West, plaintiff.

M. Kathryn Webb, Shari Renee Lyne Willis, McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, Wichita, KS, Jeff L. Griffith, Jerry L. Griffith, Griffith & Griffith, Derby, KS, for Unified School District 260, defendant.

William P. Tretbar, Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., Wichita, KS, for Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Company, Julie Mah, movants.


Memorandum and Order

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff T.W., a minor student attending the Derby Middle School, was suspended from school for three days after he drew a picture of a Confederate flag on a piece of paper during his math class. The defendant Derby Unified School District # 260 suspended T.W. because it found he had violated the district's "Racial Harassment or Intimidation" policy, which prohibits students from possessing...

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