The order represents the second time U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte Sweeney has ordered the books returned to school library shelves. She originally ordered their return by March 25 ...

Their proposals mean schools could not consider whether books had “serious” artistic, literary, political or scientific value ...

The school district noted in a court filing that it couldn’t return the 19 books to library shelves because they had been discarded after being pulled.

Sweeney denied an appeal from the Elbert County school district Thursday, ordering the district to return the books to library shelves by 5 p.m. Saturday. The school board voted to remove the book ...