School Board 'Privilege' Appeal Rejected

School Board 'Privilege' Appeal Rejected

TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected an attempt to shield Escambia County School Board members from testifying in a long-running legal battle about removing or restricting access to books in school libraries.

School board 'privilege' appeal rejected | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

By Jim Saunders A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal that the board filed after U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell ruled in November that board members must testify because they are not protected by what is known as “legislative privilege.” Tuesday’s 13-page decision did not focus on whether board members were entitled to legislative privilege. Instead, it said the Atlanta-based appeals court did n…