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Free Speech : Student Speech : Legal Documents

Scott v. Napa Valley Unified School District - Ruling on Submitted Motion for Preliminary Injunction (07/02/2007)

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.

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

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

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

ACLU of VA letter to George Mason University (02/17/2006)

ACLU Complaint in ACLU Student Chapter - University of Maryland, College Park et al. v. C.D. Mote, Jr. (03/07/2003)

ACLU brief in Dorfman v. Coleman (10/10/2002)

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