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Free Speech : Legal Documents

Weise v. Jenkins - Complaint (03/15/2007)

NYCLU Letter to the Katonah-Lewisboro School District (03/13/2007)
NYCLU Letter to the Katonah-Lewisboro School District regarding censorship of The Vagina Monologues.

Rees v. Carlisle - Opinion of the Court (03/12/2007)

Morse v. Frederick - Respondent's Brief (02/20/2007)
Whether school officials violated the First Amendment when they suspended a high school student for holding up a sign that the principal interpreted as a pro-drug message when the sign caused no disruption, was displayed at a public event on the public streets, and the student had not yet arrived at school for the day.

Lowry v. Watson Chapel School District Amended Complaint (02/06/2007)
Lowry v. Watson Chapel School District Amended Complaint

October 23, 2006 transcript of ACLU v. Gonzales (10/23/2006)

Online Free Speech - Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (10/19/2006)

Online Free Speech - Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (10/19/2006)

Lowry v Watson Chapel School District Complaint (10/10/2006)
Lowry v Watson Chapel School District Complaint

Lowry v Watson Chapel School District Motion for Preliminary Injunction (10/10/2006)
Lowry v Watson Chapel School District Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Lowry v Watson Chapel School Dist Brief in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (10/10/2006)
Lowry v Watson Chapel School Dist Brief in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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