Court Upholds Suspension of N.Y. Student With Gun

New York states highest court ruled last week that New York City school administrators were entitled to suspend a high school student for bringing a gun to school.

The April 1 decision reverses a lower court ruling that barred school officials from carrying out their own discipline against the young man.

The case stems from an incident dating back to 1992. A 15-year-old identified as Juan C. was a student at William Howard Taft High School in the New York City borough of the Bronx when a school security aide saw a bulge in the youth's coat and suspected him of carrying a gun. Officials found a gun, and the student was charged in family...