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Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community School District 1969
Three public schools wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. John Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt were high school students and Mary Beth Tinker was an 8th grader. Upon hearing about their plan to wear the armbands the school district created a policy forbidding armbands. The 3 students wore the armbands anyway and they were suspended from school. They sued the district for violating their 1st amendment. -
New York Times Company v. United States
The u.s government tried to stop the new York times and Washington post from publishing classified documents involving the Vietnam war. The court found that publication of the documents would interfere with the war. -
Loewen v. Turnipseed
The Mississippi textbook purchasing board refused to approve Mississippi: Conflict and Change for use in Mississippi public schools because it was too concerned with racial matters and too controversial. The authors sued and the ruling was that the manner violated the authors rights. -
Bethel School District v. Fraser, 1968
Mathew Fraser was a high school student who gave a speech to nominate another student for a students government office.The speech included repeated use of an “elaborate, graphic, and explicit sexual metaphor,” in reference to the other student.He later admitted using sexual suggestion in the speech and was suspended. He was also banned from speaking at graduation. He sued the school for violating his right to free speech. The court decided that the school district was right. -
Romano v. Harrington
A facility adviser of a high school newspaper claimed a violation of the first and fourteenth amendment. Soon after fired for an article opposing the federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. day. The court said that educators need to keep a better eye on what there students put out there. -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
A public school removed 2 articles from the school newspaper due to content he decided was inappropriate. One story was about teen pregnancy and the other was about divorce. Cathy Kuhlmeier and 2 other students from the class sues the school, claiming they violated their 1st amendment right.The court ruled in favor of the school district. -
Texas v. Johnson
In front of the Dallas city hall, Gregory Lee Johnson burned an american flag because he was protesting against Reagan administration policies. He was tried and convicted under a Texas law outlawing flag desecration. He was given a $2000 fine and sentenced 1 year in jail. The case was sent to the supreme court and there they concluded that his expressions of burning the flag was legal and protected by the first amendment. -
Campbell v. St. Tammany Parish School Board
Public school district removed the book 'Voodoo and Hoodoo' . Parents and some students sued the school and the district court granted summary judgment in their favor. The case was settled by telling the school to return the books to the libraries. -
Case v. Unified School District
When the olathe, Kansas, school board voted to remove the book 'Annie On My Mind' a novel about 2 lesbian teenagers from junior and senior high libraries. The federal district court in Kansas felt it violated the students rights. The court ordered the defendant to return all of the books to the libraries. -
Morse v. Frederick
A public school student was suspended for displaying a banner about drug use at a school event. In 2002 the Olympic Torch Relay passed in front of the school. As the runners passed by a senior named Joseph Frederick, with the help of others they held up a 14 foot sign that said "Bong Hits For Jesus". The principle suspended Joseph and he sued the school and the principle for violating his rights. The principle won the case.
