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MORGAN v. SWANSON

No. 09-40373.

659 F.3d 359 (2011)

Doug MORGAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Lynn SWANSON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised September 28, 2011.

Revised September 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Charles Bundren , Wm. Charles Bundren & Associates, Frisco, TX, Paul D. Clement (argued), Bancroft, P.L.L.C., Ashley Charles Parrish , King & Spalding, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Jeffrey Carl Mateer , Gen. Counsel, Hiram S. Sasser , Liberty Legal Institute, Piano, TX, Clyde Moody Siebman , Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, L.L.P., Sherman, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Thomas Phillip Brandt (argued), Joshua Alan Skinner , David Robert Upham , Fanning, Harper, Martinson, Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Kenneth Winston Starr , Baylor Law School, Waco, TX, Kevin Philip Parker , Jackie Lynn White, II , Lanier Law Firm, P.C., Houston, TX, for Gathie Barnett Edmonds and Marie Barnett Snodgrass, Amici Curiae.

Kevin Friedrich Lungwitz , Lungwitz & Lungwitz, P.C., Austin, TX, for Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

David Lawrence Horan , Laura Jane Durfee , Richard Salgado , Andrew O. Wirmani , Jones Day , Dallas, TX, Ilya Shapiro , Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae.

Jefferson K. Brim , Brim, Arnett, Robinett, Conners & McCormick, P.C., Austin, TX, for Ass'n of Texas Professional Educators, Amicus Curiae.

Steven W. Fitschen , National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, for Wallbuilders, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Richard M. Abernathy , Charles J. Crawford , Director, Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd & Joplin, P.C., McKinney, TX, for Piano Independent School Dist., Amicus Curiae.

Jay A. Sekulow , American Center for Law & Justice, Washington, DC, for American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae.

Christopher Blewer Gilbert , Thompson & Horton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Texas Ass'n of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund and National School Board Ass'n, Amici Curiae.

Kurt Allen Schwarz , Ryan David Pittman , Paul Christopher Watler , Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Amicus Curiae.

J. Brett Busby , Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Arc of Dallas, Amicus Curiae.

Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr. , Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Christian Legal Society, National Ass'n of Evangelicals and Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Amici Curiae.

Darren Lee McCarty , Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Amicus Curiae.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING, JOLLY, DAVIS, SMITH, GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This is a qualified immunity appeal that asks us to decide whether defendant school principals violated clearly established law when they restricted elementary students from distributing written religious materials while at school. Answering this question requires recourse to a complicated body of law that seeks, often clumsily, to balance a number of competing First Amendment imperatives. This body of law failed to place the constitutionality...

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