Constitutional Law
Oct. 5, 2011
Cheerleader taken off squad for silent protest
A cheerleader is disciplined for refusing to cheer for a varsity basketball player after he allegedly sexually assaulted her. By Morin I. Jacob of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
On Sept. 12, 2001, in John Doe and Jane Doe v. Silsbee Independent School District, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas ruled that a high school student is not required to pay attorney fees to the school district for her First Amendment free speech claims, but will be required to pay attorney fees for other claims upheld as frivolous by the appellate court.
The Fifth District recently applied this rule in a controv...
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