Legal Opinion
Tinker Ex Rel. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided September 1, 1966No. Civ. 7-1810-C-1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STEPHENSON, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs instituted this action against the Des Moines Independent Community School District, its Board of Directors and certain administrative officials and teachers thereof in an attempt to recover nominal damages and obtain an injunction pursuant to the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. § 1343.
The events giving rise to this controversy took place in December 1965. During the second week of that month, it came to the attention of certain school officials that several students intended to wear black arm bands…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of Defense v. Arlo TatumSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Board of Directors of Independent School District v. GreenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
- Zanders v. Louisiana State Board of EducationDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1968
- Harkless v. Sweeny Independent Sch. Dist. of Sweeny, Tex.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1969
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