Supreme Court Cases

Tinker v. De Moise

1965, Tinker won 7-2 which resulted in students being able to speak up and stand up if not disrupting. This was part of their 1st amendment rights

Bethel School District v. Fraser

1988, Fraser made sexual joke that caused mass disruption, suspended, Fraser sued school, School won 7-2 → schools have right to protect students from inappropriate and sexual speech.

Morse v. Federick

2007, Students had banner with “Bong 4 Jesus”, suspension, student sued, student lost 5-4 → Schools can protect children from drug use

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L

2021, B.L posted image cussing school, suspended, B.L sued, B.L won 8-1 → Students can express emotions off campus

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Enslaved black people were not citizens, ruled 7-2 against Scott

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896 “Separate but equal”, Separation “ok” as long as it is equal.
ex: Fancy water fountain and normal one, both get water. Ruled against Plessy

Brown v. Education

1954 “separate is NOT equal”, Brown sued because Black schools were underfunded, outdated, and just worse than white schools, ruled 9-0, unanimous, in Brown’s favor.

Wong Kim Arc v. U.S.

Kim was a son of Chinese parents but born in the U.S.A, he went to visit his parents which were in China, when he returned he was denied entry because they said if his parents were Chinese citizens so was he. Court ruled 6-2 in Kims favor as he was born in the U.S.A