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8th Circuit: ?Confederate flag symbol? is grounds for high school suspension

By Alliance Alert

B.W.A., a minor and student at Farmington High School ("Farmington High"), along with fellow students R.S. and S.B., brought this First Amendment action against Farmington R-7 School District ("the District") and its school officials after they were sent home for refusing to remove items of clothing depicting the Confederate flag symbol. After extensive discovery, the district court1 granted the District's motion for summary judgment on the ground that Farmington High school officials had reason to believe that students displaying the Confederate flag would cause a substantial and material disruption. We affirm.

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).