Published October 24, 2024 Written by Natalie Hoernschemeyer & Grant Wiens With the highly anticipated November 2024 Presidential Election approaching, public school districts are experiencing heightened interest and engagement from both students and staff. In...
The June 23, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in a First Amendment student speech case marking the first time the Court has taken up the issue in over fifty years. The case involved off-campus student speech taking place outside of school hours. ...
By: Steven D. Hall Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski (No. 19-968, Mar. 8, 2021) and held that a student’s claim for nominal damages will sustain a cause of action against a school that would otherwise have to be...
By: Steven D. Hall As a follow up to an update we provided last year, Mickes O’Toole can report continued success in litigating on behalf of school districts and individual school administrators who were accused of violating the constitutional rights of parents who...
Published by MoASBO, September 2017 The events of the last several weeks involving hate speech and a variety of symbols have been memorialized by the media. It would be unrealistic to expect that there will not be a degree of spill over in our public schools. It may...
Published by MARE, January 2013 In October, the United States Court of Appeals in the Eighth Circuit reversed a District Court’s decision to grant an injunction to two Missouri students who claimed that their school district violated their First Amendment free speech...
