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    Whitney v. California

    In alameda county, California there was a woman who was error charged, in 5 courts, with violations of he criminal syndicalism act of that state. She was tried, convicted on the first count, and sentenced to imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by the district court of appeal.
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    tinker v. des moines independent community school

    in December, 1965, a group of students wore black armbands to school to support a truce in the Vietnam war. the principals found out about this and put a punishment on whoever had a black arm band.
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    Minnesota v. Murphy

    in 1974, Marshall Murphy was questioned by Minneapolis police about therape an murder of a teenage girl, but he was never charged. 11 years later, murphy pleaded guilty to false imprisonment in an unrelated criminal sexual conduct case and was sentenced to a 16 month suspended prison sentence.
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    Board of Education v. Pico

    petitioner Board of Education rejecting recommendations of a committee of parents and school staff that appointed, order that certain books, which the Board of Education wants to get rid of school inappropriate books.
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    Bethel school district No. 403 v. Fraser

    Matthew Fraser made a speech nominating a fellow student for elective office. Fraser used what some observers believed was a graphic sexual metaphor to promote the candidacy of his friend. As part of disciplinary code, bethel high school inforced a rule prohibiting conduct which " substantially interferes with the educational process.
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    Hazelwood school district v. Kuhlmeier

    the Spectrum, the school sponsored newspaper of Hazelwood east high school, was written and edited by the students. In May, a ma named Robert E. Reynolds found 2 of the articles in theissue to be inappropriate and wanted the pages to be removed for school purposes.
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    Kreimer v. Bureau of Police for Morristown

    a homeless man who resides in various outdoor publicspaces in Morristown, new jersey. kreimer who was a frequent patron of the joint free library on at least 5 occasions for violating its rules governing patron conduct.
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    Campbell v. St Tammany parish school board

    In St Tammany, Louisiana the school board wants to remove an inappropriate book in all schools and hopefully all libraries and it was unconstitutional. the book voodoo hoodoo would hopefully be removed from libraries and schools b/c of the inappropriate things it has in the book.
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    American Amusement Machine Association v. Teri Kendrick

    manufactures of video games and their trade association seek to enjoin, as a violation of freedom of expression, the enforcement of an Indianapolis ordinance that seeks to limit the access of minors to video games that depict violence. denial of a preliminary injunction has precipitated this appeal.
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    Tattered Cover, Inc v. City of Thornton

    with this case, we recognize that both the first amendment to the united states constitution and article II, section 10 of the Colorado constitution protect an individuals fundamental right to purchase books anonymously, free from governmental interference. Law enforcement officials implicate this right when they seek judicial approval of a search warrant authorizing seizure of customer purchase records from an innocent, 3rd-party bookseller.
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    Guiles v. Marineau

    13 year old Zachery Guiles wore a t-shirt depicting president George W. Bush in an uncharitable light has been violated. The t-shirt, through an amalgam of images and text, criticizes the president as a chicken-hawk president and accuses him of being a former alcohol and cocaine abuser. The t-shirt contains images of drugs and alcohol.
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    Morse v. Fredrick

    At a school event in Los Angeles, CA a high school principal saw a couple of her students put a inappropriate sigh up talking about drug use and she told them to take it down but the refused so se took it down and suspended the students and that violated there right to the first amendment.