WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.I.F.E. CLUB, Stephen Grabowski, by and through his parents, Edmund and Mary Etta Grabowski, Timothy Souza and Daniel Souza, by and through their parents, Ralph and Diane Souza, Sharon Sitler and Paul Sitler, by and through their parents, William and Denise Sitler, and Dustin Cooper, by and through his parents Brian and Amy Turner-Cooper, Plaintiffs
v.
CITY OF WESTFIELD, Thomas Y. McDowell, Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of Westfield Public Schools, and Thomas W. Daley, Individually and in his official capacity as Principal of Westfield High School, Defendants
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 17, 2003.
March 17, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bertin C. Emmons, Weymouth, MA, Mathew D. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, Joel L. Oster, Anita L. Staver, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL, for Westfield High School L.I.F.E. Club, Stephen Grabowski, by and through his parents, Edmund and Mary Ettar Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, by and through their parents, Ralph and Diane Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, by and through their parents, William and Denise Sitler, Dustin Cooper, by and through his parents Brian and Amy Turner-Cooper, Plaintiffs.
Claire L. Thompson, Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, Springfield, MA, Peter H. Martin, Asst. City Solicitor, Westfield, MA, for Westfield Public Schools, Thomas Y. McDowell, Dr., Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of Westfield Public Schools, City of Westfield.
Claire L. Thompson, Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, Springfield, MA, Edward P. Mulvaney, Fallon & Sullivan, Springfield, MA, for Thomas W. Daley, Individually and in his official capacity as Principal of Westfield High School.
Eric W. Treene, Jeremiah Glassman, Franz R. Marshall, Amy I. Berman, Edward G. Caspar, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
FREEDMAN, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Before the Court is the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs request the Court enjoin the defendants from enforcing allegedly unconstitutional school speech policies, from imposing in-school suspensions on the plaintiffs, and from prohibiting the plaintiffs from distributing religious literature to other students during non-instructional time. See...
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