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| Engel v Vitale | 1962, Specific prayers should not be said in school. |
| In Re Gault | 1966; juveniles guaranteed "due process" when accused of a crime; under the 14th amendment |
| Tinker v Des Moines | 1969, students can show their Constitutional right of 1st amendment freedom of expression by using "symbolic speech" |
| Roe v Wade | 1973, court upheld a woman's reproductive right of choice in the first trimester making abortion legal in the US; under the 14th amendment "privacy" |
| Lau v Nichols | 1970; bilingual education mandated for schools where there is significant need from non-English speaking children under the 14th amendment |
| Island Trees School District v Pico | 1982, could a public school board remove books from a school library b/c of the books "unpopular" points of view etc? 1st amendment - freedom of the press, expression |
| New Jersey v T.L.O. | 1985, do students have 4th amendment protection from search and seizure in school; school is 'in loco parentis" and only need probably cause or suspicion to search; 4th and 14th amendments |
| Wallace v Jaffrees | 1985, a "moment of silence" is a prayer and is unconstitutional in public schools |
| Bethel School District v Fraser | 1986, what limits could be placed on "lewd or obscene" political speech in a public school? Schools given right to discipline "civil lessons and conduct" 1st and 4th amendments |
| Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeir | 1988, schools may edit the content of student newspapers and are not in violation of studetn's 1st amendment freedom of expression etc |
| Texas v Johnson | 1989, is burning of Amer. flag protected form of "symbolic" political speech under 1st amendment |
| Westside Community Schools v Mergens | 1992, must a school principal permit "equal access" for students religious after school groups or does it violate the 1st amendment? considered an extra curricular activity |
| Veronia v Acton | 1995, students must submit to random drug testing as "reasonable"; 4th and 14th amendments and is Constitutional |
| Brown v Board of Education | 1954, "segregation has no place in public schools and is a violation of 14th amendment; reverses Plessy v Ferguson |
| Ingraham v Wright | 1977, schools may use corporal punishment under specific guidelines that do not show physical abuse |
| Davis v Monroe Board of Ed | 1999, schools must protect students from sexual harassment under Title 9 and 14th amendment |
| Owasso Independent Schools v Falvo | 2002, schools may give out grades and have students grade other students as long as the grades are not on a permanent record according to the FERPA privacy act |
| Grutter v Bollinger | 2003, colleges may use race/gender to increase diversity under Affirmative Action |
| Morse v Fredrick | 2007, adolescent juveniles may not be given a death sentence due to their immaturity and impulsiveness |
| Roper v Simmons | 2005, should a student poster "Bongs for Jesus" be acceptable as a 1st amendment "freedom of speech"? No, schools have the right to censor "drug related" speech at a school sponsored event |
| Safford Middle School v Redding | 2009, students may not be strip searched at school without appropriate guidelines and probable cause |
| Sullivan/Graham v Florida | 2010, adolescent juveniles may not be given a life sentence without parole |
