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Legal Citation: 630 F.Supp. 939 (1986)

Plaintiff
Megara Bell et al.

Defendant
The U-32 Board of Education

Plaintiff's Claim
That the board of education had violated the First Amendment rights of the students.

Chief Lawyer for Plaintiff
Alan Rosenfield

Chief Defense Lawyer
Robert H. Opel

U.S. District Judge
Chief Judge Coffrin

Place
U.S. District Court, District of Vermont

Date of Decision
17 March 1986

Decision
The school board did not violate the First Amendment rights of the students.

Significance
School officials have the ability, when trying to keep a clean and productive learning environment, to stop certain sentiments, deemed inappropriate, from being spread throughout the student body.

The First Amendment guarantees U.S. residents freedom...