LANDMARK CONFEDERATE APPAREL CASE GETS JURY TRIAL
The first Confederate flag free speech case to go to trial in this generation began Monday in a Knoxville Federal Courthouse.
Tommy Defoe, a graduated Senior from Anderson County (Tennessee) High school, sued the Board of Education over its 26 - year ban on Confederate symbols in its schools.
A six-member jury and two alternates were selected and seated Monday, and after opening arguments heard four witnesses.
The trial is expected to last 4-5 days. Local compatriots who can do so are urged to come to court and show support for Tommy Defoe. The trial is taking place in Judge Thomas Varlan's court, on the third floor of the U.S. Courthouse on Main street in Knoxville.
Defoe is represented by Knoxville attorney Van R. Irion, seconded by Kirk D. Lyons, Chief Trial Counsel of the Southern Legal Resource Center.
Tommy Defoe, a graduated Senior from Anderson County (Tennessee) High school, sued the Board of Education over its 26 - year ban on Confederate symbols in its schools.
A six-member jury and two alternates were selected and seated Monday, and after opening arguments heard four witnesses.
The trial is expected to last 4-5 days. Local compatriots who can do so are urged to come to court and show support for Tommy Defoe. The trial is taking place in Judge Thomas Varlan's court, on the third floor of the U.S. Courthouse on Main street in Knoxville.
Defoe is represented by Knoxville attorney Van R. Irion, seconded by Kirk D. Lyons, Chief Trial Counsel of the Southern Legal Resource Center.
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