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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
This was when students back in 1943 would not salute the flag due to their religious reasons because they were Jehovah's witnesses. The students then sued claiming that they were having their first amendment rights violated. It was later decided that the students were not to be forced to stand up for the pledge. -
Tinker vs. De Moines
This was a case where students that were in school in Des Moines were wearing black armbands around themselves to protest a truce in the Vietnam war. They were told that they could not wear such a thing but they were then able to do so when they filed a court case that overturned what the teachers and school officials were doing, and allowed them to wear it. -
Ingraham vs. Wright
On October 6, 1970, Principal Willie Wright removed James Ingraham and several other disruptive students to his office where he paddled eight to ten of them. When Ingraham refused to assume a paddling position Wright called on Barnes and Assistant Principal Lemmie Deliford to hold Ingraham in a prone position while Wright administered twenty blows. Ingraham’s mother later took him to a hospital for treatment where he was prescribed cold compresses, laxatives and pain-killing pills for a hematoma -
West Side Community Schools v. Mergens
Bridget Mergens was a senior at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. She asked her homeroom teacher, who was also the school's principal, for permission to start an after-school Christian club. Westside High already had about 30 clubs, including a chess club and a scuba-diving club. The principal denied Bridget's request, telling her that a religious club would be illegal in a public school. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bridget. -
New Jersey vs. T.L.O.
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325, is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States addressing the constitutionality of a search of a public high school student for contraband after she was caught smoking. A subsequent search of her purse revealed drug paraphernalia, marijuana, and documentation of drug sales. -
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
There were some juniors that made a newspaper for the school that they want to for a Journalism class. They ended making one however that focused on things like who was getting divorced, who was getting pregnant and a bunch of other things that got them in trouble. It was eventually ruled that they were not allowed to do that. -
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe
A Texas school district allowed a student "chaplain," who had been elected by fellow students, to lead a prayer over the public address system before home football games. Several students and their parents anonymously sued the school district, claiming a violation of what's known as the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."