PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC et al v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al

  1. November 27, 2024

    Fla. Judge Halts School Board Depos In Book Ban Suit

    A Florida federal judge ordered a partial stay that temporarily halts depositions of Escambia County School Board members in a First Amendment challenge to a ban on certain books, but deferred staying the entire case until an appeal before the Eleventh Circuit is resolved.

  2. January 11, 2024

    Penguin Can Pursue 1st Amend. Suit Over School Book Ban

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday allowed First Amendment claims to proceed in a challenge by Penguin Random House and others over a school board's decision to ban from school libraries certain books that are about or authored by people of color or the LGBTQ+ community, but tossed a Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim.

  3. May 17, 2023

    Penguin Random House Challenges Fla. District's Book Bans

    Penguin Random House LLC filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a Florida school district's decision to ban books from its school libraries that deal with racial discrimination or LGBTQ+ issues, joining forces with free expression nonprofit PEN America, authors and parents to demand that the books be put back on the shelves.