Legal Opinion
In Re Nickolas S.
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 10, 2011No. CV-10-0092-PRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BALES, Justice.
¶ 1 Nickolas S. was adjudicated delinquent for violating Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 15-507 (2009), which makes it a crime for a person to “knowingly abuse[ ]” teachers or other school employees. The court of appeals held, and the State does not contest, that when pure speech is involved, the statute applies only to “fighting words.” The limited issue before us is therefore whether this case involves fighting words as defined by the United States Supreme Court. Although Nickolas insulted a teacher with derogatory and offensive words (and was suspended…
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