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 ⓘ
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 et al. v. Cathy Kuhlmeier et al. ⓘ
hasJurisdiction 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 ⓘ
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 et al. v. Cathy Kuhlmeier et al. ⓘ
linked to: Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier → petitioner → Hazelwood School District ⓘ
linked to: Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Tinker substantial disruption test → contrastedWith → Hazelwood school-sponsored speech standard ⓘ
linked to: Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Hazelwood East High School → associatedCourtCase → Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ⓘ
Cathy Kuhlmeier → partyTo → Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ⓘ