BANNON v. SCHOOL DIST. OF PALM BEACH COUNTY

No. 03-13011.

387 F.3d 1208 (2004)

Shelda Harris BANNON, as parent and natural guardian of her daughters, Sharah Harris and Brittni Harris, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, a body corporate, Ed Harris, individually and in his capacity as principal of Boca Raton Community High School, Joe Sabia, individually and in his capacity as Girl's Basketball Coach of Boca Raton Community High School, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Drake, DeMahy, Labrador & Drake, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, Richard Hunt McDuff, Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & McDuff, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Randall Dale Burks, Bernard H. Shulman, Sandra Bosso-Pardo, Charles B. Hernicz, Sch. Bd. of Palm Beach Cty., West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Marc D. Stern, American Jewish Congress, New York City, for American Jewish Congress and Anti-Defamation League, Amici Curiae.

Julie Underwood, Nat. Sch. Boards Ass'n, Alexandria, VA, for Nat. Sch. Boards Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before BLACK, BARKETT and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Shelda Harris Bannon, on behalf of her daughter Sharah Harris, alleged that Appellees, School District of Palm Beach County and Principal Ed Harris, violated Sharah's First Amendment rights by compelling her to remove religious words and symbols from murals painted for a school beautification project. The district court granted summary judgment for Appellees because it concluded (1) Appellees never created a public forum, (2) the murals were...

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