| Dean v. Utica Community Schools | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
| Full case name | Dean v. Utica Community Schools |
| Decided | November 17, 2004 |
| Docket nos. | 2:03-cv-71367 |
| Citation | 345 F. Supp. 2d 799 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Arthur Tarnow |
Dean v. Utica Community Schools, 345 F. Supp. 2d 799 (E.D. Mich. 2004), is a landmark legal case in United States constitutional law, namely on how the First Amendment applies to censorship in a public school environment. The case expanded on the ruling definitions of the Supreme Court case Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, in which a high school journalism-oriented trial on censorship limited the First Amendment right to freedom of expression in curricular student newspapers.[1] The case consisted of Utica High School Principal Richard Machesky ordering the deletion of an article in the Arrow, the high school's newspaper, a decision later deemed "unreasonable" and "unconstitutional" by District Judge Arthur Tarnow.[2]
- ^ Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
- ^ Dean v. Utica Community Schools, 345 F. Supp. 2d 799, 814 (E.D. Mich. 2004).