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GILLMAN v. SCHOOL BD. FOR HOLMES CNTY., FL.

No. 5:08CV34-RS-MD.

567 F.Supp.2d 1359 (2008)

Heather GILLMAN, through next friend and mother, Ardena GILLMAN, Plaintiff, v. SCHOOL BOARD FOR HOLMES COUNTY, FLORIDA, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Panama City Division.

July 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine P. Sun, ACLU LGBT Project, Nashville, TN, Randall C. Marshall, Robert F. Rosenwald, Jr., ACLU of Florida, Miami, FL, Benjamin James Stevenson, Benjamin Stevenson Esq., Pensacola, FL, Garrard R. Beeney, Maura Eileen Miller, Meg Dana Holzer, Thomas Livezey Laughlin, Vincent Yang Liu, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Donald Freeman, Holly Ashby Dincman, Michael Patrick Spellman, Coppins Monroe Adkins Etc. PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD SMOAK, District Judge.

The question presented is whether a public high school may prohibit students from wearing or displaying t-shirts, arm-bands, stickers, or buttons containing messages and symbols which advocate the acceptance of and fair treatment for persons who are homosexual.

I. Background

Plaintiff Heather Gillman, through her mother, Ardena Gillman, has sued Defendant School Board for Holmes County...

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