Courts Side With Confederate Flag Ban

High School students sued after their school system banned the Confederate flag and all clothing with the symbol on it.

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG-TV
Published: August 20, 2008

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal appeals court panel has ruled
in favor of a Tennessee high school that banned students from
wearing clothing with the Confederate battle flag after several
racial incidents.
Students Derek Barr, Chris White and Roger Craig White claimed
in a lawsuit that their free speech rights were violated by the
2005 ban on the Confederate symbol at William Blount High School in
Maryville.
School officials said their ban came after racial tension that
included a fight, a civil rights complaint and graffiti of a
Confederate flag, a racial slur and a noose.
In its opinion filed Wednesday in Cincinnati, the 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that school officials had a right to
ban the flag because they could "reasonably forecast" that it
would disrupt education.