DOE v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST.

No. 01-1048.

306 F.3d 616 (2002)

John DOE, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Jane Doe, Appellee, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory T. Jones, argued, Little Rock, AR (Troy A. Price, Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for appellant.

Morgan E. Welch, argued, North Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, HEANEY, McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, LOKEN, HANSEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MURPHY, BYE, and RILEY, Circuit Judges, En banc.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

We granted en banc review to determine whether a school board ran afoul of a student's free speech rights when it expelled him for an offensive and vulgar letter that the student had prepared at home. The expelled student described in the letter how he would rape, sodomize, and murder a female classmate who had previously broken up with him. After a bench trial, the district court ordered the expelled...

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