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Bell v. U-Board of Education (32 ) - Significance, Performing Arts Censorship

plaintiff chief district amendment

Plaintiff

Megara Bell et al.

Defendant

The U-32 Board of Education

Plaintiff's Claim

That the board of education had violated the First Amendment rights of the students.

Chief Lawyer for Plaintiff

Alan Rosenfield

Chief Defense Lawyer

Robert H. Opel

U.S. District Judge

Chief Judge Coffrin

Place

U.S. District Court, District of Vermont

Date of Decision

17 March 1986

Decision

The school board did not violate the First Amendment rights of the students.

Sources

West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1998.

Further Readings

  • Lieberman, Jethro K. The Evolving Constitution. Random House, 1992.
  • Seidman, Louis M., Gerald R. Stone, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet. Constitutional Law. Little, Brown and Company, 1986.

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Bell v. U-Board of Education (32 ) - Significance

School officials have the ability, when trying to keep a clean and productive learning environment, to stop certain sentiments, deemed inappropriate, from being spread throughout the student body. The First Amendment guarantees U.S. residents freedom of speech, but it is one of the most difficult concepts to untangle. Freedom of speech covers so many different issues and has been the subject of so…

Bell v. U-Board of Education (32 ) - Performing Arts Censorship

The performing arts is a medium of communication of ideas protected by the First Amendment. Yet, no absolute freedom exists to exhibit every kind of film and theater. What is deemed obscene, indecent, or excessively violent is subject to censorship. Should this censorship exist? Proponents of censorship emphasize the role of the performing arts as entertainment clearly affecting public attitudes, …

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