Board of Education v. Pico

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Board of Education v. Pico is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case in which a divided Court held that public school boards may not remove books from school libraries simply because they dislike the ideas contained in them, recognizing students’ limited First Amendment right to receive information.

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instanceOf First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
education law case ⓘ
appliesTo public school libraries in the United States ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
arguedDate 1981-11-03 ⓘ
citation 457 U.S. 853 ⓘ
concurringInJudgmentBy Byron R. White ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1982-06-25 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 80-2043 ⓘ
fullName Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico ⓘ
holding A local school board may not remove books from a school library simply because it dislikes the ideas contained in those books. ⓘ
Students have a limited First Amendment right to receive information and ideas in a school library. ⓘ
impact limited the discretion of school boards to remove books from school libraries for ideological reasons ⓘ
recognized the school library as a place of voluntary inquiry for students ⓘ
joinedByInPlurality Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalIssue First Amendment freedom of speech ⓘ
authority of public school boards over school libraries ⓘ
right to receive information ⓘ
locationOfIncident Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26, New York ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
originatingCaseType civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ⓘ
page 853 ⓘ
permittedGroundsForRemoval educational unsuitability ⓘ
pervasively vulgar content ⓘ
petitioner Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 ⓘ
pluralityOpinionBy William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
proceduralPosture appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ
rearguedDate 1982-03-02 ⓘ
recognizedRight students' limited First Amendment right to receive information ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent Steven Pico ⓘ
standardArticulated school boards may not remove books from libraries in a narrowly partisan or political manner ⓘ
school boards may not remove books simply because they dislike the ideas contained in them ⓘ
subjectMatter removal of books from public school libraries ⓘ
subsequentCitationFrequency frequently cited in cases involving school library book removals ⓘ
volume 457 ⓘ
votePlurality 4-4-1 ⓘ

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