Legal Opinion
The People v. Marquan M. / County of Albany
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 2014No. 139PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
Defendant, a 16-year-old high school student, anonymously posted sexual information about fellow classmates on a publicly-*4accessible Internet website. He was criminally prosecuted for “cyberbullying” under a local law enacted by the Albany County Legislature. We are asked to decide whether this cyberbullying statute comports with the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
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Bullying by children in schools has long been a prevalent problem but its psychological effects were not studied in earnest until the 1970s (see Hyojin Koo, A Time Line of the Evolution of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- City of Houston v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Reno v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Erznoznik v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
- People v. RelerfordIllinois Supreme Court · 2017
- Motta Ex Rel. Motta v. Eldred Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- Board of Trustees of The Vil. of Groton v. PirroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- People v. BurwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
- State v. BishopCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2015
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