No. 20-255 In the Supreme Court of the United States _____________ MAHANOY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, V. B.L., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER FATHER LAWRENCE LEVY AND HER MOTHER BETTY LOU LEVY, _____________ Respondents. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit _____________ BRIEF OF THE STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER, ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS, CENTER FOR SCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM, FREEDOM TO READ FOUNDATION, JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION, QUILL AND SCROLL, AND TULLY CENTER FOR FREE SPEECH AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS _____________ Rani Gupta David M. Zionts Nathan P. Lange Counsel of Record COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Patricio Martínez-Llompart 3000 El Camino Real Ethan A. Sachs 5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor Sarah Suwanda Palo Alto, CA 94306 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Counsel for Amici Curiae One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street NW Michael C. Hiestand Washington, DC 20001 STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER (202) 662-6000 1608 Rhode Island Avenue NW
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