DOWNS v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

No. 99-56797.

228 F.3d 1003 (2000)

Robert DOWNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Nelson, American Liberties Institute, Orlando, Florida, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mary Kay Jackson, Office of the General Counsel, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: TROTT, FERNANDEZ, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.


TROTT, Circuit Judge:

The narrow question we must answer is whether the First Amendment compels a public high school to share the podium with a teacher with antagonistic and contrary views when the school speaks to its own constituents on the subject of how students should behave towards each other while in school. The answer to this question clearly is no.

Appellant Robert Downs is a teacher at Doris S. Leichman High School ("Leichman High"), a school within...

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