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A.M. EX REL. McALLUM v. CASH

No. 08-10477.

585 F.3d 214 (2009)

A.M., by and through her Parents and Guardians Richard Dale McALLUM, Jr. and Shelby Voda McAllum; A.T., by and through her Parents and Guardians Darrell Ray Thomas and Joni Ann Thomas; M.T., by and through her Parents and Guardians Darrell Ray Thomas and Joni Ann Thomas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Paul Elliott CASH, in his official capacity as Principal of Burleson High School; Board of Trustees of Burleson Independent School District, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk David Lyons (argued), Black Mountain, NC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles J. Crawford (argued), Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd & Joplin, McKinney, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GARWOOD, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs are current and former students of Burleson High School, located in Burleson, Texas. In response to previous incidents, the high school adopted a policy prohibiting the display of the Confederate flag on school grounds. When plaintiffs A.M. and A.T. came to school at the beginning of the spring 2006 semester carrying purses adorned with large images of the Confederate battle flag, administrators required them to cease carrying the...

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