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SULLIVAN v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Civ. A. No. 69-H-266.

307 F.Supp. 1328 (1969)

Dan SULLIVAN, by next Friend Daniel H. Sullivan, Michael Fischer, by next Friend, George David Fischer, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, the Board of Trustees of the Houston Independent School District, the Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District and Mr. Coy P. Stewart, Principal of Sharpstown High School, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

November 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dixie, Wolf & Hall, Robert E. Hall, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Reynolds, White, Allen & Cook, Grant Cook, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SEALS, District Judge.

This action was instituted on behalf of two Houston high school students who were expelled from Sharpstown Junior/Senior High School for the remainder of the 1968-1969 term because of their involvement in the production and distribution of a "newspaper" called the Pflashlyte (see appendix A.) which criticized school officials. The complaint was filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C.A. §...

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