Sierra, school lawyers ask for ruling: ; Jury inconsistent, both sides say

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Last month, a Kanawha County civil jury decided Katie Sierra should be allowed to have her "anarchy club," but upheld school officials' decision to suspend the 15-year-old and bar her from wearing T-shirts decorated with hand-written political slogans.

Now, attorneys for both sides are asking Kanawha Chief Circuit Judge James C. Stucky to throw out the jury's verdict and make his own ruling. Why?

Because, they say, the verdict is inconsistent.

School officials suspended Sierra because they said she disrupted classes and disobeyed Principal Forest Mann's orders to not wear her T-shirts.

Roger Forman, Sierra's attorney, believes jurors...