SCOTT v. SCHOOL BD. OF ALACHUA COUNTY

No. 02-14931. Non-Argument Calendar.

324 F.3d 1246 (2003)

Laura SCOTT, as Parent, Legal Guardian and Next Friend for, Kathy Blitch, as Parent, Legal Guardian and Next Friend for, Plaintiffs, Franklin Jay Scott, Jr., a Minor, Nicholas Thomas, a Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF ALACHUA COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Robert Jakes, Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John Denny Jopling, Dell, Graham, Willcox, Barber, Jopling, Comfort, Schwait, Gershow & Specie, P.A., for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs Franklin Jay Scott, Jr. and Nicholas Thomas ("Plaintiffs"), then both Santa Fe High School students, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit against defendant School Board of Alachua County ("School Board"), alleging that the discipline imposed by Principal Lamar Simmons — school suspensions — for their displaying of a Confederate flag on school premises, after previously being told not to do so, violated their First Amendment right...

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