HAZELWOOD V. KUHLMEIER
Year: 1988
Result: 5:3, favor Hazelwood
Related Constitutional issue/amendment: 1st amendment (freedom speech and press)
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Liberties
Significance/Precedent: Reinforced the ruling from Bethel v. Fraser that students' rights aren't the same as adults' when in school. Students do maintain some rights, but if the exercise of those rights is disruptive to classroom decorum or interferes with the curriculum, the rights are invalid.
Quote from majority opinion: "We hold that educators do not offend the First Amendment by exercising editorial control over the style and content of student speech in school-sponsored expressive activities, so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."
6-word summary: schools sensor newspapers for educational purposes
Result: 5:3, favor Hazelwood
Related Constitutional issue/amendment: 1st amendment (freedom speech and press)
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Liberties
Significance/Precedent: Reinforced the ruling from Bethel v. Fraser that students' rights aren't the same as adults' when in school. Students do maintain some rights, but if the exercise of those rights is disruptive to classroom decorum or interferes with the curriculum, the rights are invalid.
Quote from majority opinion: "We hold that educators do not offend the First Amendment by exercising editorial control over the style and content of student speech in school-sponsored expressive activities, so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."
6-word summary: schools sensor newspapers for educational purposes