Hazelwood+v+Kuhlmeier


 * __Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier__** January 13, 1988

A Case Involving: __First Amendment Rights, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press__


 * //Background://** In Hazelwood School District, there is a school-sponsored Newspaper. The principal in the district found two articles to be inappropriate and ordered them to be removed from the paper. Cathy Kuhlmeier and two other students presented their case to the court.


 * //Main Issue Presented to the Court//**: Did the Principal’s deletion of the two articles violate the student’s First Amendment rights?

__Cases before the Court:__


 * Hazelwood School District: Presented the case that principal has the authority to cut articles if they are deemed to be inappropriate in a school-sponsored newspaper.


 * Cathy Kuhlmeier: Presented the case that this was a violation of free speech and students should have the right to publish what they want.

Reasoning: Schools must be able to set high standards for speech at schools. Schools retain the right to refuse to sponsor speech that does not conform to a “civilized social order”
 * Majority Decision ** (5 Supreme Court Justices including Chief Justice Rehnquist): In favor of Hazelwood School District

Reasoning: The idea of a student newspaper was to give students a way to express themselves without censorship.
 * Dissenting Opinion **(3 Supreme Court Justices): In favor of Cathy Kuhlmeier

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