Ante at 484 U. S. 271. 86-836 Argued: October 13, 1987 --- Decided: January 13, 1988. 0000004170 00000 n [32] Subsequently, Dean v. Utica dealt with what defines a "legitimate pedagogical concern", and the court found that a school had censored speech wantonly. We held that official censorship of student expression -- there the suspension of several students until they removed their armbands protesting the Vietnam war -- is unconstitutional unless the. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988) Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. 0000024825 00000 n 795 F.2d 1368 (1986). Of course, Justice Black's observations are equally relevant to the instant case. The educator may, under Tinker, constitutionally "censor" poor grammar, writing, or research, because to reward such expression would "materially disrup[t]" the newspaper's curricular purpose. 0000033120 00000 n He also believed that the article's references to sexual activity and birth control were inappropriate for some of the younger students at the school. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. 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Stergos left Hazelwood East to take a job in private industry on April 29, 1983, when the May 13 edition of Spectrum was nearing completion, and petitioner Emerson took his place as newspaper adviser for the remaining weeks of the term. Goss V Lopez Justices, Since the censorship served no legitimate pedagogical purpose, it cannot by any stretch of the imagination have been designed to prevent "materia[l] disrup[tion of] classwork," Tinker, 393 U.S. at 393 U. S. 513. We granted certiorari, 479 U.S. 1053 (1987), and we now reverse. 0000004031 00000 n Ante at 484 U. S. 272. Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton. The two pages deleted from the newspaper also contained articles on teenage marriage, runaways, and juvenile delinquents, as well as a general article on teenage pregnancy. The principal could reasonably have concluded that an individual publicly identified as an inattentive parent -- indeed, as one who chose "playing cards with the guys" over home and family -- was entitled to an opportunity to defend himself as a matter of journalistic fairness. 0000009130 00000 n of Disciplinary Counsel of Supreme Court of Ohio, Posadas de Puerto Rico Assoc. (c) The standard for determining when a school may punish student expression that happens to occur on school premises is not the standard for determining when a school may refuse to lend its name and resources to the dissemination of student expression. In any event, even if the Statement says what the dissent believes that it says, the evidence that school officials never intended to designate Spectrum as a public forum remains overwhelming. [8] Reynolds did not tell the students about the decision, and they did not find out about it until the paper was delivered to the school. 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