| J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District | |
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| Court | Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
| Full case name | J. S., a minor, by and through his parents and natural guardians H. S. and I. S., v. Bethlehem Area School District, Thomas Doluisio and A. Thomas Kartsotis |
| Decided | September 25, 2002 |
| Citation | 807 A.2d 803 (Pa. 2002) |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | Student expulsion affirmed, Northampton County Court; Affirmed, 807 A.2d 847 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2000) |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority: Justice Ralph J. Cappy | |
J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District, 757 A.2d 412 (Pa. 2002),[1] was a case of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which found the Bethlehem Area School District could punish a student for derogatory and allegedly threatening comments made on a website about a teacher, even though the site was created off-campus.
- ^ Jones v. Gateway School District, p. 9 (Supreme Court of Pennsylvania March 26, 2010), Text.