NORRIS v. CAPE ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 19-2167.

969 F.3d 12 (2020)

Shael NORRIS, ON BEHALF OF her minor child A.M., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CAPE ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT; Donna Wolfrom, Superintendent of Cape Elizabeth Schools; Jeffrey Shedd, Principal of Cape Elizabeth High School; Nathan Carpenter, Vice Principal of Cape Elizabeth High School, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa A. Hewey , Portland, ME, Bruce W. Smith , Amy K. Olfene , Jeana M. McCormick , Portland, ME, and Drummond Woodsum on brief, for appellants.

Emma E. Bond , Zachary L. Heiden , Portland, ME, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation on brief, for appellee.

Scott H. Harris , Manchester, NH, Christina M. Denbow , Manchester, NH, McLane Middleton , Professional Association, Nicole J. Ligon , H. Jefferson Powell , and Ian C. Kalish , New York, NY, on brief for Ana Goble and First Amendment Clinic at Duke Law School, amicus curiae.

James B. Haddow , Portland, ME, Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow LLP, Jennifer Nelson , Gabriel Rottman , and The University of Virginia School of Law First Amendment Clinic on brief for the Maine Press Association, amicus curiae.

Peter Mancuso , Andrew Schmidt Law PLLC, and Diane L. Rosenfeld , Cambridge, MA, on brief for the Gender Violence Legal Policy Workshop at Harvard Law School, amicus curiae.

Before Lynch, Selya, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


The defendants in this case are Maine's Cape Elizabeth School District and officials of Cape Elizabeth High School. They appeal from the entry of a preliminary injunction prohibiting them from suspending A.M., a sophomore student at Cape Elizabeth High School at the time this suit was filed. They seek to suspend A.M. because...

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