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Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier
By: Miriam Laureano
Period: 4
1. The name of the case is Hazel wood vs Kuhlmeier

2. The constitutional issue involved in this case was in the Hazelwood East
High School that had a newspaper for student in its journalism classes. In
which the Principal reviewed each page. One of the articles was about
three students which were pregnant. Although no names were used,
Reynolds felt the readers could easily tell who the students were and he
quickly cancelled two newspapers, which then caused Kuhlmeier to sue the
school.
A lower court ruled in favor of the students. The school later appealed the
case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court reversed this ruling. Now
many schools are fearing lawsuits and did away with student’s newspaper.
The students still felt that their rights to freedom of speech was being
violated. This case is considered a “Landmark” and an impact on society.
3. The parties involved in this case were Katherine Kuhlmeier and Hazelwood
School District.
4. The plaintiff, Katherine Kuhlmeier filed a lawsuit against their school. They
claimed that the First Amendment Rights to Freedom of The Press had been
denied.
5. The defendant, school’s Principal stated that his concerns that simply
changing the names of the girls in the teenage pregnancy article may not be
sufficient to protect their anonymity and that this topic may not be suitable
for the younger students. As a result, he prohibited the articles from being
published in the paper.
6. The case took place near St. Louis, Missouri. Argued on October 13, 1987.
Decided, January 13, 1988.
7. The events that led this case going to the Supreme Court, was that the
Lower Court, which ruled in favor of the students because they thought the
students had their Rights of Freedom of The Press.
8. The Supreme Court’s ruling in this case was to reverse the decision of the
Eight Circuit Court. The decision of the school’s Principal to prohibit the
 publishing of certain articles deemed to be inappropriate does not violate
the student’s journalist, First Amendment Rights of Freedom of Speech.
9. I believe this is a fair ruling because if it was obvious who the articles were
about, then the school should’ve taken it into their own hands and make
sure students never get the chance to read it. Public schools do not have to
allow students speech, if it’s inconsistent with the school’s educational
mission. Even if the governments can’t censor such speech outside of
school, public schools have the authority to limit that speech.
10.The immediate impact on society from this case, is that The Hazelwood
ruling lays out a long vague subjective list of justification for school
censorship. This changes the platform of the country because now it will be
very hard to win a case suing for press censorship.