BOARD OF EDUCATION, ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 26, et al. v. PICO, BY HIS NEXT FRIEND PICO, et al.
Supreme Court Cases
457 U.S. 853 (1982)
Case Overview
Legal Principle at Issue
Does the First Amendment impose any limitations upon the discretion of Petitioners to remove library books from the Island Trees High School and Junior High School? If so, do the affidavits and other evidentiary materials before the District Court, construed most favorably to Respondents, raise a genuine issue of fact whether petitioners might have exceeded those limitations?
Action
Affirmed (includes modified). Petitioning party did not receive a favorable disposition.
Advocated for Respondent
- Alan H. Levine View all cases
Advocated for Petitioner
- George W. Lipp Jr. View all cases