Principal Joseph Williams stands by and watches. Remington is present but does not take a wristband because he now knows the Boy Scouts will not let him join. The Superintendent makes no finding as to whether or not the Boy Scouts denies membership to atheists. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, through volunteer counsel, agrees to represent Nancy Powell and Remington Powell and files a complaint in Multnomah County Circuit Court against the Portland Public School District for Declaratory and Injunctive relief. The complaint also requests a permanent injunction ordering the School District to cease its recruitment activities with the Boy Scouts during school hours.
Plaintiffs seek no monetary damages.
Larry Otto, Scout Executive of the Cascade Pacific Council, Boy Scouts of America testifies under oath in a pre-trial deposition. December 1998 - February 1999 Immediately after Larry Otto's deposition, Portland School District approaches plaintiffs to discuss settlement. Over the next three months, the School District postpones discussions while they wait for undisclosed documents from the Boy Scouts. At the end of February, after no substantive settlement discussions plaintiffs are informed that there will be no settlement discussions. I do not know that I have that information except secondhand and hearsay.