NEWS 409 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pierce County, Washington, Warren E. Burger, Jargon
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12 point font each section should be denoted with a heading in cold type no more than 2 pages in length. Title of the case (who is suing whom), citation and the date. Example: bethel school district v. fraser, 478 u. s. 675 (1986) A few sentence description (in your own words) of the nature of the case. Pretend you are explaining the conflict to a friend. At bethel high school in pierce county, washington, senior student matthew fraser used a series of sexual references in a speech that nominated one of his classmates for the position of. The school administration found him in violation of policies regarding vulgar speech and disruptive behavior. He appealed these findings through the internal grievance procedures of the school but was unsuccessful. The school barred fraser from speaking at graduation, even though a write-in vote would have selected him as one of the three speakers. He also was subject to other penalties, including a suspension.