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Engel v. Vitale (1962)
The case was brought by a group of families of public school students in New Hyde Park, New York, who complained that the voluntary prayer written by the state board was violating their first amendment. This court rejected the families appeals. -
Bethel School District v. Fraser, 1968
A Public school student was suspended for giving a speech about an indecent topic during an assembly. The principle said the speech was repeating sexual metaphors and was inappropriate. He ended up suing the school for violating his rights. -
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969
Three public school students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. They were suspended because the school had a no armband rule. They sued the district for violating their first amendment right. -
Stone v. Graham (1980)
The Court held that the Kentucky statute that required the Ten Commandments to be posted in school classrooms was in violation of the First Amendment. To interpret the First Amendment, the Court rested on the precedent established in Lemon v. Kurtzman and the three-part "Lemon test". -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
Two girls wrote an essay about divorce and the principle wanted to publish the paper, but wanted their names taken off. The paper didn't make the deadline, so the paper was not published. The girls went to court because they thought that their first amendment was being violated. -
Lee v. Weisman (1992)
Robert E. Lee was the principal of Nathan Bishop Middle School in Providence, Rhode Island. He invited a rabbi to deliver a prayer at the 1989 graduation ceremony, but the parents of student Deborah Weisman requested a temporary injunction to bar the rabbi from speaking. The question being reviewed was whether or not this was constitutional. -
Agostini v. Felton (1997)
In the eligible districts in New York City, 10% of schoolchildren attend private school, and of those 10%, 90% attended schools of a particular religious ideology. To prevent First Amendment complications, the Board arranged to bus private school attendees to public schools for after-school instruction. This plan failed, and another one was adopted, which failed as well. -
Mitchell v. Helms
It is unconstitutional to fund for religion in a public school. This case was taken to court and voted constitutional because parents didn't want kids being persuaded to other beliefs. -
Guiles v. Marineau (2006)
This case involves a student wearing a shirt of George Bush and depicts him being an ex-alcoholic and user of cocaine. The school made him take the shirt off for showing prohibited substances. This court case stated that the school had the right to do this act. -
Morse v. Frederick, 2007
At a school, Joseph Frederick held a banner that read, "Bong Hits 4 Jesus", the principle took the banner and suspended him for 10 days. The case was taken to court where Morse won the case because he said that the banner was promoting the use of illegal drugs.
