Legal Opinion
Dean Poling v. Ellis Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1989No. 88-5538PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
The main question presented in this appeal is whether the Federal Constitution gives a high school student license to make admittedly “discourteous” and “rude” remarks about his schoolmasters in the course of a speech delivered at a school-sponsored assembly. Until recent years, lawyers and educators alike might have found it puzzling that such a question should even be asked. Not today; the question is a serious one, under contemporary constitutional concepts, but on the factual record before us in this case, we think the answer is fairly obvious.
As the Supreme…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Hazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Bethel School District No. 403 v. FraserSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Adam Henerey v. City Of St. Charles, School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. MOUNT PLEASANT PUBLIC SCHOOLSDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2003
- DeFABIO v. East Hampton Union Free School Dist.District Court, E.D. New York · 2009
- Curry Ex Rel. Curry v. HensinerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- Tatro v. University of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
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