Lafayette High School v. Glover [1]

Logan Glover, a student at Lafayette High in Missouri, used a digital camera to take photos of his teacher during class, which despicts fellow classmates in the background smiling and giving thumbs-ups. He later posted those photos to his Facebook page. The school suspended [2] him on December 7, 2007, for taking and posting the photos, claiming that he disrupted the school environment by calling on classmates to pose for the photograph, taking their minds away from schoolwork.

Glover and his parents unsuccessfully attempted to appeal the suspension to the principal of the school. His father later filed a lawsuit against the Rockwood School District and the principal, associate principal, and assistant principle of Lafayette on Logan's behalf, arguing that the suspension violated his son's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The complaint [3], which was heard the day before the end of Glover's suspension, cites the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District 393 U.S. 503 (1969), in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that students retain their First Amendment rights when attending school, to the extent that the exercize of those rights does not materially disrupt the educational process.

In their memorandum in opposition [4] to Glover's motion for temporary restraining order which would have allowed him to return to school, the defendants claimed that Glover was suspended for a breach of school policies in accordance with Missouri law, and that the Tinker decision does not protect Glover's conduct which, in the school's opinion, was disruptive.

After the court denied Glover's motion for a temporary restraining order, he moved to voluntarily dismiss the case, which the court granted [5] on August 19, 2008.