MIRANDA STOVALL v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, dba Jefferson County Public Schools; BRIAN YEARWOOD, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools; AMANDA HERZOG, in her official capacity as Assistant General Counsel to Jefferson County Public Schools; NCS PEARSON, INC., a Minnesota corporation, dba Pearson VUE - Articles

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MIRANDA STOVALL v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, dba Jefferson County Public Schools; BRIAN YEARWOOD, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools; AMANDA HERZOG, in her official capacity as Assistant General Counsel to Jefferson County Public Schools; NCS PEARSON, INC., a Minnesota corporation, dba Pearson VUE

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 14, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Benjamin I. B. Isgur, SOUTHEASTERN LEGAL FOUNDATION, Roswell, Georgia, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Jason P. Renzelmann, FROST BROWN TODD LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee NCS Pearson, Inc.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Benjamin I. B. Isgur, Braden H. Boucek, SOUTHEASTERN LEGAL FOUNDATION, Roswell, Georgia, Christopher D. Wiest, CHRIS WIEST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLLC, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Jason P. Renzelmann, Cory J. Skolnick, Samuel W. Wardle, J. Austin Hatfield, FROST BROWN TODD LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee NCS Pearson, Inc.

Attorneys 5: ON BRIEF: Sean G. Williamson, WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees Jefferson County Board of Education, Brian Yearwood, and Amanda Herzog.

Attorneys 6: ON BRIEF: Ryan P. Mulvey, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION, Arlington, Virginia, for Amici Curiae.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; BOGGS and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at Louisville

A Kentucky high school planned to administer a mental-health survey to its students. When a student’s mother made a state public-records request for a copy of the survey, the school permitted her to see the survey but refused to make a copy of it, claiming that the public-records law did not extend to copyrighted materials. The mother declined to pursue state remedies. She instead sought a declaratory judgment in federal district court that the fair-use exception in copyright law covered her request. The district court dismissed the lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction. We agree and affirm.

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