Suit filed over Calif. school clothing flap
June 23, 2010
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MORGAN HILL, Calif.—Three students at a California high school who were ordered to remove clothing with the American flag on Cinco de Mayo are suing the school district.
The civil rights suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Northern California. The suit claims school officials at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill violated the students' rights to freedom of speech, due process and equal protection.
The students say school officials told them to remove their T-shirts or turn them inside out on May 5 because they were inappropriate on Cinco de Mayo. Students with Mexican flags and clothing with pro-Mexican messages, meanwhile, were
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Students Wearing American T-shirts Sent Home
POSTED: 12:54 pm PDT June 23, 2010
UPDATED: 3:44 pm PDT June 23, 2010
UPDATED: 3:44 pm PDT June 23, 2010
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MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Three Morgan Hill high school students who were told to remove their American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo have filed a lawsuit against the Morgan Hill Unified School District.The Live Oak High School students' attorney announced Wednesday that the lawsuit, Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, had been filed against the district.The students were sent home by the Live Oak High School principal and vice principal after they were told that wearing American flag clothing on Cinco De Mayo could incite violence. It set off an emotional debate that put Morgan Hill in the national spotlight.PDF: Morgan Hill Flag Flap Lawsuit"The U.S. Supreme Court has held for decades that students do not shed