WESTFIELD H.S. L.I.F.E. CLUB v. CITY OF WESTFIELD

No. CIV.A. 03-30008-FHF.

249 F.Supp.2d 98 (2003)

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.

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.


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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