Summary: Federal lawsuit for violating a third-grader’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they prevented her from wearing a hat bearing the text "Come and Take It" as well as an image of an AR-15 rifle to the school’s "hat day."
Plaintiffs: C.S., by her next friend, Adam Stroub
Defendants: Durand Area Schools Superintendent Craig McCrumb, Robert Kerr Elementary School Principal Amy Leffel, and On Track Coach of Robert Kerr Elementary School Michal Papenek
Litigation Counsel: John R. Monroe, Eugene Volokh, and Michael F. Smith
Docket: E.D. MI case no. 2:22-cv-10993, Sixth Circuit case no. 24-1364, Supreme Court case nos. 25A524 and 25-831 | CourtListener Docket
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Key Events & Filings:
Supreme Court
- 2026-1-9: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Circuit Court
- 2025-8-12: Order Denying En Banc Petition
- 2025-7-7: Defendants/Appellees' Response to Plaintiff/Appellant's Petition for Rehearing En Banc
- 2025-5-30: Petition for Rehearing en Banc
- 2025-5-2: Opinion
- 2025-1-30: Oral Arguments
- 2024-11-6: Reply Brief of Appellant
- 2024-10-16: Defendants'-Appellee's Brief on Appeal
- 2024-9-16: Brief of Appellant
District Court
- 2024-4-23: Notice of Appeal
- 2024-3-30: Memorandum Opinion and Order Resolving Cross Motions for Summary Judgment
- 2023-5-26: Defendants' Reply Brief
- 2023-5-19: Plaintiff’s Reply in Support of Her Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2023-5-15: Plaintiff’s Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2023-5-12: Defendants' Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2023-4-24: Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2023-4-21: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2022-6-6: Answer
- 2022-5-9: Complaint
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