Pinard v. Clatskanie School District 6j

446 F.3d 964 Jacob PINARD; Mark Lipke; Griffin Linn; Harry Mills; Tyson Jarvi; Travis Jeffers; Nathan White; D.J. Crawford; Christopher Somes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CLATSKANIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 6J, a public body; Jeff Baughman; Michael Corley; Les Wallace; Earl Fisher, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-35574. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted September 15, 2005. Filed May 1, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Michael R. Seidl (argued) and Lori K. DeDobbelaere, Seidl Law Office, P.C., Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Peter R. Mersereau (argued) and Thomas W. McPherson, Mersereau & Shannon, LLP, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Ancer L. Haggerty, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-00172-ALC. Before RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges. FISHER, Circuit Judge. 1 This student speech case arises from a school district's suspension of student athletes from its high school varsity basketball team. The students allege that the school district and various school officials violated their First…