Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

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First Amendment case United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case that established students do not lose their First Amendment free speech rights at school, so long as their expression does not substantially disrupt the educational environment.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Amendment case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
arguedDate	1968-11-12 ⓘ
citation	393 U.S. 503 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1969-02-24 ⓘ
dissentBy	Hugo L. Black ⓘ surface form: Hugo Black John M. Harlan II ⓘ
factualBackground	Students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War and were suspended by school officials ⓘ
fullName	Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tinker et al. v. Des Moines Independent Community School District et al.
holding	Public school students do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate ⓘ Student expression may be regulated only if school officials reasonably forecast that it will materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school ⓘ
issue	Whether public school students retain First Amendment free speech rights at school ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Byron White NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl Warren ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William O. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
keyQuote	It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. ⓘ
locationOfOrigin	Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ
lowerCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ⓘ
lowerCourtOutcome	Judgment for the school district ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Abe Fortas ⓘ
page	503 ⓘ
petitioner	Christopher Eckhardt ⓘ Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ surface form: John Tinker Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ
relatedCase	Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser ⓘ Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ⓘ Morse v. Frederick ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ
shortName	Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tinker v. Des Moines
speechType	symbolic protest against the Vietnam War ⓘ
standardEstablished	material disruption test ⓘ substantial disruption test ⓘ
subsequentInfluence	Serves as foundational precedent for student speech cases in U.S. public schools ⓘ
supremeCourtOutcome	Judgment of the Court of Appeals reversed ⓘ
topic	public school discipline ⓘ student speech ⓘ symbolic speech ⓘ
volume	393 ⓘ
vote	7–2 ⓘ

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