STARR PURSUES CASE ON STUDENT'S BANNER

JUNEAU -- Former Whitewater special counsel Kenneth W. Starr
petitioned the Supreme Court to take up Alaska's "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"
case, a dispute involving a high school student, a banner and a tough
school policy.

Mr. Starr, who gained prominence while investigating President
Clinton's Whitewater land deal and relationship with White House
intern Monica Lewinsky, filed the petition Monday on behalf of the
Juneau School District in response to a March ruling by the 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.

The appeals court sided with a high school student who displayed a
banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during an Olympic torch relay in
2002. It ruled former Juneau-Douglas High School Principal Deborah
Morse violated former student Joseph Frederick's free speech rights by
suspending him for violating the school's policy of promoting illegal
substances at a school-sanctioned event.

The U.S. Supreme Court petition must receive a minimum of four of the
nine justices' votes to be heard.