Frudden v. Pilling’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate ·

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1. “AYSO is a nationally recognized youth organization which regularly meets at least Monday through Friday.Mary Frudden .informed school principal Kay-,Ann Pilling that her children were wearing uniforms that fell within the written exemption to the policy. , . Pilling told Frudden that , the exemption did not apply, because the children had neither a meeting nor soccer practice that day. Frudden protested to Debra Biersdorff, the Area Superintendent for the Office of School Performance. Biersdorff agreed with Pilling and said that Pilling could remove.a student to compel compliance with the uniform policy. Pilling then called Frudden’s son into her office and asked him to change. He agreed and changed into a loaner shirt that Pilling provided. Later, Frud-den’s daughter-likewise changed into the school uniform. The following day, ,,. the Frudden children again wore AYSO uniforms to school.,Once again, Pilling removed the children from class and asked them to change. Both children agreed to change clothes, although Frudden’s son stated that he did not want to do so. The next day, ... Frudden’s son wore his RGES uniform shirt inside-out so. that the logo was not visible. He turned his shirt right-side-out after he was called into Filling’s office and requested to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Frudden v. Pilling

2. “Similarly [to Carey v. Brown], the language of the RGES policy’s exemption favors the uniforms of certain youth organizations over all other clothing that the students may choose to wear in the absence of the exemption. Further,' the exemption explicitly favors the uniforms of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts over all other uniforms (e.g,’, those of the AYSO), and favors the uniforms of “nationally recognized” youth organizations over those of locally or regionally recognized youth organizations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Frudden v. Pilling

3. “Practically speaking, RGES compels its students ‘to be an instrument’ for displaying the, RGES motto. Had the RGES uniforms consisted of plainco-lored tops and bottoms, as in Jacobs, RGES would have steered clear of any First Amendment concerns. However, by mandating the written motto on the uniform shirts, the RGES policy compels speech under Wooley.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Frudden v. Pilling