Legal Opinion
Board of Ed., Island Trees Union Free School Dist. No. 26 v. Pico
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1982No. 80-2043PublishedCited by 505 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan, joined by Justice Marshall and Justice Stevens
The principal question presented is whether the First Amendment1 imposes limitations upon the exercise by a local *856school board of its discretion to remove library books from high school and junior high school libraries.
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Petitioners are the Board of Education of the Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26, in New York, and Richard Ahrens, Frank Martin, Christina Fasulo, Patrick Hughes, Richard Melchers, Richard Michaels, and Louis Nessim. When this suit was brought, Ahrens was the President of the Board, Martin was the Vice President, and the remaining petitioners were Board…
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