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J.A. v. FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Civil Action No. 1:12-CV-155 JVB.

J.A. et al., Plaintiff, v. Fort Wayne Community Schools, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana.

August 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JA, Plaintiff, represented by Jacquelyn E Bowie-Suess & Kenneth J Falk , ACLU of Indiana.

Fort Wayne Community Schools Superintendent, Defendant, represented by Anthony W Overholt , Frost Brown Todd LLC & Thomas E Wheeler, II , Frost Brown Todd LLC.

OPINION AND ORDER

JOSEPH S. VAN BOKKELEN, District Judge.

This case arises out of a controversy between Fort Wayne Community Schools (Defendant) and a student, J.A. (Plaintiff), over a bracelet bearing the slogan "I ♣ boobies (Keep a Breast)." The school interpreted the bracelet as conveying a lewd, vulgar, obscene, or plainly offensive message and confiscated it from Plaintiff when she wore it at school. Plaintiff argues that the bracelet promotes...

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