Christina AXSON-FLYNN, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Xan JOHNSON; Sandy Shotwell; Sarah Shippobotham; Barbara Smith; Jerry Gardner; and John Does 1-20, Defendants-Appellees, and
Michael J. Broyde; J. Budziszewski; Shalom Carmy; Louis Dupré; C. Stephen Evans; John Farina; Barry Freundel; Paul Griffiths; Wayne Grudem; Stanley A. Hauerwas; Gregory A. King; Robert L. Millet; David Novak; Alvin Plantinga; Gedaliah Schwartz; Max L. Stackhouse; Walter Sundberg; Charles Taliaferro; John Witte, Jr.; Nicholas Wolterstorff; Ira Youdovin; American Association of University Professors; Industry Professionals and Professors; Christian Film and Television Commission, Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 3, 2004.
February 3, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael S. Paulsen, Professor, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Steffen N. Johnson and David W. Fuller, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, Illinois; James W. McConkie and Bradley H. Parker, Parker & McConkie, Salt Lake City, Utah; Stephen M. Shapiro, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Peggy E. Stone, Assistant Utah Attorney General (Mark Shurtleff, Utah Attorney General, with her on the briefs), Salt Lake City, Utah, for Defendants-Appellees.
Gene C. Schaerr, Nicholas P. Miller and Achiezer Guggenheim, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, D.C., filed an amici brief for Michael J. Broyde, J. Budziszewski, Shalom Carmy, Louis Dupré, C. Stephen Evans, John Farina, Barry Freundel, Paul Griffiths, Wayne Grudem, Stanley A. Hauerwas, Gregory A. King, Robert L. Millet, David Novak, Alvin Plantinga, Gedaliah Schwartz, Max L. Stackhouse, Walter Sundberg, Charles Taliaferro, John Witte, Jr., Nicholas Wolterstorff, and Ira Youdovin, amici curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.
Roger J. Magnuson, Sarah M. Thier, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, filed an amici brief for the Christian Film and Television Commission and the Industry Professionals and Professors in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.
J. Joshua Wheeler, Robert M. O'Neil, Charlottesville, Virginia; Donna R. Euben, Washington, D.C.; David M. Rabban, Austin, Texas, filed an amicus brief for The American Association of University Professors in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Before SEYMOUR, HOLLOWAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
In 1998, Plaintiff Christina Axson-Flynn entered the University of Utah's Actor Training Program (ATP). Axson-Flynn, who is Mormon, refused to say the word "fuck" or take God's name in vain during classroom acting exercises. During Axson-Flynn's first semester in the program, Defendants — all ATP faculty members-told Axson-Flynn to "get over" her refusal to use those words, saying that not using the words would stunt her growth as an actor...
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