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Bethel school district vs Fraser
A public school student was suspended for giving a speech during a school assembly. He gave the speech to nominate another student for student gov office.But he included many graphic and sexual metaphors that caused many kids to laugh or yell. He sued the school for violating his right of speech and he ended up losing because the school did not overstep its authority. -
Tinker vs Des Moines Independant school district
Three public school students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam war. They ended up being suspended and school made a policy banning armbands. They sued the district for violating the 1st amendment. -
Todd v. Rochester Community Schools
A book called "Slaughterhouse-Five" was very controversial between students and the school board whether it was "school appropriate". The court of Appeals in Michigan declared that the book cannot be banned because it expresses the authors opinions on God and war. -
Minarcini v. Strongsville City School District
The Strongsville City Board of Education decided not to to purchase Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, and Mr. Rosewater. The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against the School Board, upholding the students' First Amendment right to read to receive information. -
Salvail v. Nashua Board of Education
MS magazine was removed from a New Hampshire high school library by order of the Nashua School Board. But the US district court concluded that the school failed to show why the magazine needed to be removed. -
Loewen v. Turnipseed
The Mississippi Textbook Purchasing Board refused to approve "Conflict and Change for use in Mississippi public schools" because they were concerned about racial matters. The author sued and the court ruled in his favor saying that the justifiable grounds for rejecting a book were not met. -
Hazelwood school district vs Kuhlmeier
A public school principle removed two articles from the school newspaper that he found objectionable. One article was on teen pregnancy while the other was about divorce. The students who wrote the articles sued the school for violating their 1st amendment rights but were not successful because Public schools can regulate what's put in the newspaper. -
Poling vs Murphy
A high school student gave a speech during a school assembly and made rude and discourteous comments about the staff. Poling was giving a speech for his race in president of his senior class. The school declared him ineligible to run after the speech so he sued. But ended up losing because the school can decide what was appropriate and what was not in the speech. -
Sund vs City of Wichita Falls
City residents who were members of a church wanted to remove the books "Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy's Roommate", because they disapproved of the books depiction of homosexuality. The district court ruled that they cannot remove the books because their wasn't any type of information that was discriminatory. -
Morse vs Frederick
A public school student was suspended for displaying a banner promoting drugs.The Olympic Torch relay passed right in front of the high school and a few students held up a banner that read "Bong hits 4 Jesus". It was confiscated and students were suspended. So they sued the school and it was revealed that the students rights were not violated.
