GOVERNOR WENTWORTH REG. SCHOOL v. HENDRICKSON

No. CIV. 05CV-133-SM.

421 F.Supp.2d 410 (2006)

GOVERNOR WENTWORTH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff v. Paul and Deborah HENDRICKSON, As Parents and Next Friends of Paul Hendrickson, Jr., Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs v. Guy Donnelly, Paul MacMillan, John Robertson, and Governor Wentworth Regional School District, Counterclaim Defendants

United States District Court, D. New Hampshire.

March 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane M. Gorrow, Soule Leslie Kidder Zelin Sayward & Loughman, Salem, NH, John P. Sherman, Sherman & Ricker PLLC, Portsmouth, NH, for Plaintiff.

Stephen E. Borofsky, Erica U. Bodwell, Borofsky Amodeo-Vickery & Bandazian, Manchester, NH, for Defendants.


ORDER

MCAULIFFE, Chief Judge.

This case involves a public high school principal's decision to suspend a student for refusing to remove or cover a symbolic patch he wore on his outer clothing. The case presents important issues of public school administration, pitting the obligation of teachers and administrators to provide a safe and violence-free educational environment, against the First Amendment right of public school students to free expression...

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