Circuit Remands Question of Whether School Retaliated Against Players

A group of student athletes on a high school basketball team, who were suspended after they spoke out against their coach and boycotted a game, were given a second chance by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concerning their claim that the school retaliated against them.   In reversing the district court, the panel of judges found that the petition calling for the ouster of the coach was, in fact, a constitutionally protected activity. However, it concurred with the judge that the actua