United States Seventh Circuit

In a class action suit brought on behalf of 24 eighth graders at a public school after they were disciplined for conducting a protest that they claim was privileged by the First Amendment, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where a T-shirt was not protected speech, and, even if using the T-shirt as a protest made it protected speech, it was subject to reasonable regulation by school officials.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/04/2007
• Decided 02/20/2007
• Published 02/20/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Irene Katherine Dymkar (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lee A. Lowder (argued), Chicago Board of Education Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.