393 U.S. 503
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393 U.S. 503 is the official United States Reports citation for the landmark 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, which established strong First Amendment free speech protections for public school students.
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| 393 U.S. 503 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 393 U.S. 503 Context triple: [Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, citation, 393 U.S. 503]
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A.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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B.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
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E.
United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 393 U.S. 503 Target entity description: 393 U.S. 503 is the official United States Reports citation for the landmark 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, which established strong First Amendment free speech protections for public school students.
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A.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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B.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
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E.
United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Reports citation
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United States Supreme Court decision ⓘ |
| appliesTo | public school students ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
education law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1968-11-12 ⓘ |
| caseName | Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ |
| citation | 393 U.S. 503 ⓘ |
| citationStyle | U.S. Reports official citation ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1969-02-24 ⓘ |
| decisionType | civil rights case ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Hugo L. Black
ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Black
John M. Harlan II ⓘ
surface form:
John Marshall Harlan II
|
| docketNumber | 21 ⓘ |
| factualBackground | Students were suspended for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| fullCitation |
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
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surface form:
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
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| holding |
Public school students do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate
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School officials may not censor student expression unless it would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Byron R. White
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surface form:
Byron White
Earl Warren ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| landmark | true ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
First Amendment free speech in public schools
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student symbolic speech ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Abe Fortas ⓘ |
| originatingJurisdiction | Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ |
| page | 503 ⓘ |
| parallelCitation |
21 L. Ed. 2d 731
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89 S. Ct. 733 ⓘ |
| petitioner |
Christopher Eckhardt
ⓘ
Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ
surface form:
John F. Tinker
Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ |
| precedentFor | student free speech cases in the United States ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ |
| shortName |
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
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surface form:
Tinker v. Des Moines
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| standardEstablished | material and substantial disruption test ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
freedom of speech
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student rights ⓘ symbolic protest ⓘ |
| volume | 393 ⓘ |
| year | 1969 ⓘ |
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Subject: 393 U.S. 503 Description of subject: 393 U.S. 503 is the official United States Reports citation for the landmark 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, which established strong First Amendment free speech protections for public school students.
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