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The Tinker, or Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, was a Supreme Court decision. Justice Abe Fortas wrote the majority opinion.
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The plaintiffs, John F. Tinker, Christopher Eckhardt, and Mary Beth Tinker originally filed suit against the Des Moines Independent Community School District in 1966. The US Supreme Court released its decision on February 24, 1969, approximately three years later.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District was a decision by the Supreme Court that defined the rights of students in schools. The Tinker test is still used to determine whether a school's disciplinary actions violate students' rights
The plaintiffs, John F. Tinker, Christopher Eckhardt, and Mary Beth Tinker originally filed suit against the Des Moines Independent Community School District in US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in 1966.The case was dismissed, and the decision affirmed by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1967. The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in 1968, and heard oral arguments on November 12, 1968. The decision was released February 24, 1969.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
The petitioners (like plaintiffs) were John F. Tinker, Christopher Eckhardt, and Mary Beth Tinker, the students who protested by wearing black armbands to school.The respondent (like a defendant) was the Des Moines Independent Community School District.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
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The people who won the Tinker v. Des Moines, (1969) case were the students (Tinker) whose First Amendment right freedom of speech was upheld by the Supreme Court.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
The case was first heard in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, and was dismissed. Tinker appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which affirmed the District Court's dismissal. The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in 1968.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
The Des Moines Independent School District didn't require students to wear uniforms at that time (if they ever did). The issue had nothing to do with clothing, but with the fact that several students chose to wear black armbands to symbolize their protest of the Vietnam War.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
entitled to the freedom of expression.
entitled to the freedom of expression.