Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1968-11-12
gptkbp:category United States Free Speech Clause case law
United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
1969 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Hazelwood_School_District_v._Kuhlmeier
gptkb:393_U.S._503
gptkb:Bethel_School_District_v._Fraser
gptkb:Morse_v._Frederick
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:date 1969-02-24
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:docketNumber 21
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Tinker_et_al._v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy Students do not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they step onto school property.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
gptkbp:location gptkb:Des_Moines,_Iowa
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Abe_Fortas
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Christopher_Eckhardt
gptkb:Mary_Beth_Tinker
gptkb:John_Tinker
gptkbp:predecessor First Amendment jurisprudence
student speech rights
gptkbp:principle Schools may only limit student speech if it causes substantial disruption.
gptkbp:relatedTo Vietnam War protest
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
public schools
student free speech
gptkbp:symbolicSpeech black armbands
gptkbp:votingSystem 7-2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4