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First Amendment Court Cases-

Dr. T's last year list-not checked for updates

American Civil Liberties Union vs. Reno, American Library Association vs. United States Department of Justice (1996)
Synopsis:	"...speech on the Internet is entitled to the highest level of First Amendment protection..."
Summation: Summary:	http://www.ciec.org/SC_appeal/opinion.shtml http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide73.html
Briefs:	http://briefbank.samuelsonclinic.org/brief.cfm?brief=19990111_amici_brief.htm&prev=browse http://briefbank.samuelsonclinic.org/brief.cfm?brief=cda_sup_ct_brief.html&prev=browse
Supplemental Material:	http://www.cdt.org/publications/broadbandinternet.pdf http://www.eff.org/Legal/Cases/ACLU_v_Reno_II/19990114_amici.brief http://staging.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm#2 http://www.ciec.org/SC_appeal/decision.shtml http://www.cris.com/~Beers/law/censor.shtml

United States V. Thomas (1996)
Synopsis:	"...upheld the convictions of the operators of an adult BBS in California for distributing obscene material in Tennessee."
Ruling:	http://www.loundy.com/CASES/US_v_Thomas2.html
Brief:	http://www.nationallawcenter.org/DK%20TOM%20BRIEF.W_COVER.DOC.pdf
Summary:	http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide70.html
Supplemental Material:	http://staging.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm#43 http://www.ncac.org/issues/internetmenu.html

Campbell v. St. Tammany Parish School Board (1995)
Synopsis:	*Removed the book Voodo and Hoodo;* discrimination against religeous speech.**
Summary:	http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide48.html http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide49.html
Supplemental Material:	Pornography in Public School Libraries Letter:http://www.aclj.org/issues/demand_book.asp http://www.aclj.org/ussc/tammany/index.asp http://staging.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm#7 http://www.ncac.org/issues/librarymenu.html

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Synopsis:	Editing or over-editing a school newspaper, how far can you go?
Brief:	http://www.law.duke.edu/curriculum/courseHomepages/Fall2002/329_01/syllabusReadings/CLASS10-Hazelwood.pdf<!--[if !supportNestedAnchors]--><!--[endif]--> http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/484/260.html
Summary:	http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide39.html http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide40.html http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide41.html
Supplemental Material:	http://staging.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm#16 http://www.ncac.org/issues/librarymenu.html http://www.landmarkcases.org/hazelwood/home.html

Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education (1987)
Sysnopsis:	K-8 required textbooks that some felt were offensive to thier religious beliefs.
Brief:	http://www.law.duke.edu/curriculum/courseHomepages/Fall2002/329_01/syllabusReadings/Class8-Mozert.pdf <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->
Summary:	http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide37.html http://staging.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm#24
Supplemental Material:	http://www.ncac.org/issues/academicmenu.html

Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School district No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982)
Synopsis:	Removal of books some find questionable.
Brief:	http://www.law.duke.edu/curriculum/courseHomepages/Fall2002/329_01/syllabusReadings/Class8-Pico.pdf http://www.phschool.com/atschool/supreme_court_cases/island_trees.htmlJune 25, 1982, Decided:http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Pico/
Summary:	http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide33.html
Supplemental Material:	http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=457&invol=853 http://staging.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm#5 http://www.pma-online.org/scripts/shownews.cfm?id=723http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Pico/Burger.html http://www.mainstream.com/nhpolitics/getcase.pico.html
Books:	Slaughterhouse-Five, Black Boy

Evans v. Shelma Union High School District of Fresno County (1924)
Synopsis:	Purchase of the King James Version of the Bible for the library.
Summary:	http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/cases/fslide24.html
Supplemental Material:	http://staging.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm#13

Tinker v Des Moines School District
Supplemental Material:	http://www.landmarkcases.org/tinker/background2.html http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=393&invol=503 http://www.aclj.org/printable.asp?page=/publications/kyr/app-1.asp

Presidents Council, District 25 v Community School Board
Supplemental Material:	http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/US/409/998.html

Minarcini v Strongville (Ohio) City School District
Supplemental Material:	http://www.right2read.org/read/students/jelinek.htm http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tlr/abstracts/Volume%2055/Eick.htm

Other Resources

Banned Books Online http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

The File Room, Archive of Cases http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/CategoryHomePage.html

PEN American Center http://www.pen.org/

@ccess Censorship http://www.wam.umd.edu/~gjbush/censor.html

Landmark Court Cases http://www.landmarkcases.org/

Free Expression Network (FEN) http://www.freeexpression.org/censorship/censorship-book.htmCase Summaries

Notable First Amendment Court Cases By Patricia Broussard http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/berry/wethepeopleweb/firstamendment/notablecases.pdf

Notable First Amendment Court Cases By ALA http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/

First_Amendment/Court_Cases/Court_Cases.htm

Essays Referencing Multiple Cases

Sex, Satan, and Certain Words: Censorship of Literature in the Marketplace of U.S. Public Schools By Charles Ellenbogenhttp://www.cateweb.org/ce/cew99.html

Constitutional and Legal Aspects of Educational Choice by Marie Failinger http://www.elca.org/dcs/essay2.html

Pornography in Public Schools Libraries Letter http://www.aclj.org/issues/demand_book.asp

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