Kathryn Nurre

Supreme Court rejects student's appeal over ban on playing of 'Ave Maria' at graduation. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let a high school student sue over school officials' refusal to let her play an instrumental version of "Ave Maria" at her graduation, a decision one justice says could lead to wide-ranging censorship of student speech.

Supreme Court rejects student's appeal over ban on playing of 'Ave Maria' at graduation. The Supreme Court will not let a high school student sue because school officials refused to let her play an instrumental version of "Ave Maria" at her graduation.

Appeals court upholds ban on instrumental version of `Ave Maria' at Wash. school's graduation. Barring an instrumental performance of a Christian hymn at a high school graduation did not violate students' First Amendment rights and was within the school superintendent's discretion, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday.