Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

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Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited student First Amendment rights by allowing public school officials greater authority to regulate school-sponsored student speech, such as in school newspapers.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
landmark student speech case
appliesTo school-sponsored expressive activities
school-sponsored student newspapers
areaOfLaw constitutional law
education law
arguedDate 1987-10-13
citation 484 U.S. 260
country United States of America
surface form: United States
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1988-01-13
decisionType 5–3 decision
dissentingOpinionBy William J. Brennan Jr.
distinguishedFrom Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
fullCaseName Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hazelwood School District et al. v. Cathy Kuhlmeier et al.
hasJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
holding Public school officials may exercise editorial control over school-sponsored expressive activities so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns.
impact granted school administrators greater authority to regulate school-sponsored student speech
narrowed the scope of First Amendment protections for public school students in school-sponsored activities
joinedDissent Harry A. Blackmun
Thurgood Marshall
joinedMajority Anthony M. Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
John Paul Stevens
Sandra Day O’Connor
William H. Rehnquist
languageOfOpinion English
legalIssue First Amendment to the United States Constitution
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
student speech rights
lowerCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
lowerCourtDecision ruled in favor of the students
majorityOpinionBy Byron R. White
originatedIn Hazelwood East High School
St. Louis County, Missouri
pageInUnitedStatesReports 260
petitioner Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hazelwood School District
precedentOf standard for regulation of school-sponsored student speech
rearguedDate 1987-10-14
relatedConcept limited public forum
pedagogical concerns
respondent Cathy Kuhlmeier
other student staff members of the Spectrum newspaper
standardComparedTo Tinker substantial disruption test
subjectMatter censorship of student newspaper articles
subsequentCitationIn numerous federal and state student speech cases
supremeCourtDisposition reversed the judgment of the Eighth Circuit
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 484

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Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District relatedCase Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court hasNotableCase Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Morse v. Frederick relatedPrecedent Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser relatedCase Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier fullCaseName Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hazelwood School District et al. v. Cathy Kuhlmeier et al.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier petitioner Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hazelwood School District