HENDERSON v. SPRINGFIELD R-12 SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nos. 23-1374, 23-1880.

Brooke Henderson; Jennifer Lumley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Springfield R-12 School District; Board of Education, of the Springfield R-12 School District; Grenita Lathan, Defendants-Appellees, Martha Doenning, Defendant, Yvania Garcia-Pusateri; Lawrence Anderson, Defendants-Appellees, Americans for Prosperity Foundation; Alliance Defending Freedom; Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression; Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies; Reason Foundation; American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri; State of Missouri; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Idaho; State of Iowa; State of Kansas; State of Kentucky; State of Montana; State of Nebraska; State of North Dakota; State of South Carolina; State of Tennessee; State of Texas; State of Utah; State of Virginia; State of West Virginia; Institute for Free Speech; Manhattan Institute; Parents Defending Education; Pacific Legal Foundation; Cato Institute; Center of the American Experiment; Goldwater Institute; Kansas Justice Institute; Mississippi Justice Institute; Show Me Institute; America First Legal Foundation; Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute; Mountain States Legal Foundation; Texas Public Policy Foundation, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s), Missouri School Boards' Association, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s). Brooke Henderson; Jennifer Lumley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Springfield R-12 School District; Board of Education, of the Springfield R-12 School District; Grenita Lathan, Defendants-Appellees, Martha Doenning, Defendant, Yvania Garcia-Pusateri; Lawrence Anderson, Defendants-Appellees, Americans for Prosperity Foundation; Alliance Defending Freedom; Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression; Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies; Reason Foundation; American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri; State of Missouri; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Idaho; State of Iowa; State of Kansas; State of Kentucky; State of Montana; State of Nebraska; State of North Dakota; State of South Carolina; State of Tennessee; State of Texas; State of Utah; State of Virginia; State of West Virginia; Institute for Free Speech; Manhattan Institute; Parents Defending Education; Pacific Legal Foundation; Cato Institute; Center of the American Experiment; Goldwater Institute; Kansas Justice Institute; Mississippi Justice Institute; Show Me Institute; America First Legal Foundation; Mountain States Legal Foundation; Texas Public Policy Foundation, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s), Missouri School Boards' Association, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 13, 2024.


In 2020, the Springfield R-12 School District required its employees to attend "equity training." Two employees who attended the training sued the school district and several school officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that during the training, the defendants compelled them to speak as private citizens...

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