Landmark+Cases

[|This website] is very helpful for student journalists who need to find out about some of the landmark cases concerning student press rights. The cite lists the names of the cases, and you can click on them to find a brief summary of that particular case. It also, tells you what parts of the constitution the cases deal with it. It lists the different statutes that are dealt with in the student press rights cases.

[|This website] goes over what happened in a case that two students got punished for something that they posted outside of school on site.

[|This website]goes over what happens in the Bethel school district NO. 403 v. Frasier, what the first amendment issue was, and the final case outcome.

[|This website] goes over the mahaffey v. aldrich case and what previous cases were used to help make the final decision.

[|This website] goes over Rosenberger V. Rector and Visitors of the University of West Virginia. It also, goes over the decision, majority opinion, and its significance.

[|Tinker vs. Des Moines]

-3 kids wore black bands around arms to protest war in Vietnam

-Students were punished for wearing the armbands by school officials

-Families of the students sued, saying freedom of speech and expression was violated

-Armbands were a peaceful protest

-Courts ruled against the students, but the Tinker standard was created

-Tinker standard- No disruption, no problem [|Morse vs. Frederick]

-Student held up a sign that read "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" across from school

-Student was at an event that was NOT school related

-Principal suspended the student for 10 days for violating the school's drug policy

-Courts first ruled in favor of the teacher, but then appealed saying the student met the Tinker standard and did not cause a disruption

-The student was punished for his behavior, he did not cause a disruption

[|Hazelwood School District vs. Kuhlmeier]

-Student written and edited newspaper had two pages censored by school Principal

-Students who wrote the articles sued, saying their first amendment rights were violated

-Articles were about students' experiences with pregnancy and divorce

-Principal felt topics were inappropriate for school environment

-Courts ruled that the students' rights were not violated, sided with the principal

[|Goss vs. Lopez]

-1971, disturbance in school lunchroom

-Number of students involved, not clear who started disturbance or contributed

-School property was damaged

-Dwight Lopez was suspended for 10 days for being a part of the disturbance and damaging property was never given the chance to explain his side of the story

-Claimed his 14th amendment was violated (due process of the law)

-Court ruled that students DO have the right to due process of the law

-"The Court handed down its decision January of 1975 that students facing suspension " must be given some kind of notice and afforded some kind of hearing" before being deprived of their education (47, Reutter)".

[|Doninger v. Niehoff]

-2007, student concert was canceled

-Angered student posted inappropriate comments on her personal blog about school officials and urged peers and parents to complain about officials' decision

-Avery Doninger's family filed suit against the school after she was banned from running for re-election for class secretary

-Avery argued she was not in any violation because she did not cause a disturbance, she said her first amendment was violated

-Court ruled in favor of the school saying they have the right to monitor student's speech outside of school, when it inteferes with school policies and the school in general

-Court also said school had the right to prevent Avery from running for office because her posts interfered with school goals

[|Bethel School District vs. Fraser]

-Matthew Fraser delivered a speech for the nomination of one of his classmates for a position on the student council

-Speech contained profane and inappropriate language

-Although the sexual innuendos were discrete, administration punished the student

-Fraser was suspended for two days on the grounds that he "interfered with the educational process", therefore causing a disruption which rules out the Tinker Standard

-Fraser sued the school saying he was being denied his right to free speech

-Courts ruled in favor of Bethel School District, saying the school had the right to punish Fraser for his vulgar language because it disrupted the educational process

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