Legal Opinion
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 13, 1988No. 86-836PublishedCited by 952 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This case concerns the extent to which educators may exercise editorial control over the contents of a high school newspaper produced as part of the school’s journalism curriculum.
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Petitioners are the Hazelwood School District in St. Louis County, Missouri; various school officials; Robert Eugene Reynolds, the principal of Hazelwood East High School; and Howard Emerson, a teacher in the school district. Respondents are three former Hazelwood East students who were staff members of Spectrum, the school newspaper. They contend that school officials violated their First Amendment rights by…
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