Hazelwood School District V. Kuhlmeier Case Study

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In the case of Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier in 1988, Robert E. Reynolds, the school principal rejected two articles of the student newspaper. The articles were on teen pregnancy and divorce which students in a high school journalism class published. Since the principal removed the articles, Catherine Kuhlmeier and two other students filed a lawsuit against the principal on October 13th of 1987. The students believed their right to free speech under the first amendment was violated. Reynolds however believed he was protecting the students privacy since the journalism class had asked students for their experience on the topics and published it. Also that the class should have asked the parents included in the article for their consent

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