Dean Poling v. Ellis Murphy

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding student had no protected interest in participating in student council election even though it was customary to award a college scholarship to the council president
• affirming the punishment of a student who insulted a vice principal during a speech at a mandatory school assembly
• teaching a student civility toward others is a legitimate pedagogical concern
• upholding the decision of a high school administration to exclude a stu- dent from a student council race because he made a rude comment about the assistant principal in a speech delivered at a school assembly
• teaching a student civility toward others is a legitimate pedagogical concern
• \Limitations on speech that would be unconstitutional outside the schoolhouse are not necessarily unconstitutional within it.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Greg Kroupa v. Peter Nielsen
  Eighth Circuit· 2013-09-25· cited 94×
• Morrison v. Board of Educ. of Boyd County
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-04-09· cited 84×
• Adam Henerey v. City Of St. Charles, School District
  Eighth Circuit· 1999-12-29· cited 82×
• Margaret L. Hosty, Jeni S. Porche, and Steven P. Barba v. Patricia Carter, and Governors State University
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-06-20· cited 62×
• Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. MOUNT PLEASANT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  E.D. Michigan· 2003-12-23· cited 48×
• DeFABIO v. East Hampton Union Free School Dist.
  E.D. New York· 2009-10-01· cited 35×
• Curry Ex Rel. Curry v. Hensiner
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-01-16· cited 32×
• Tatro v. University of Minnesota
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-06-20· cited 25×
• Lopez v. Tulare Joint Union High School District
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-05-09· cited 23×
• Riggan v. Midland Independent School District
  W.D. Texas· 2000-02-23· cited 22×
• Rebecca Wildman, a Minor, by Her Mother and Next Friend Denise Wildman v. Marshalltown School District Chris Rowles Jerry Stephens George Funk
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-05-07· cited 16×
• Pyle by and Through Pyle v. SO. HADLEY SCHOOL COM.
  D. Massachusetts· 1994-08-26· cited 16×
• BROUSSARD BY LORD v. School Bd. of City of Norfolk
  E.D. Virginia· 1992-09-03· cited 12×
• Hansen v. Ann Arbor Public Schools
  E.D. Michigan· 2003-12-05· cited 12×
• Doninger Ex Rel. Doninger v. Niehoff
  D. Connecticut· 2007-08-31· cited 8×
• William Felkner v. Rhode Island College
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2019-03-18· cited 8×
• Duran by and Through Duran v. Nitsche
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1991-11-22· cited 7×
• Brindisi v. Regano
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-10-05· cited 7×
• Bull Ex Rel. Bull v. Dardanelle Public School District 15
  E.D. Arkansas· 1990-09-05· cited 5×
• DeNooyer Ex Rel. DeNooyer v. Livonia Public Schools
  E.D. Michigan· 1992-07-30· cited 4×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
  Supreme Court· 1969-02-24· cited 3,241×
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-14· cited 2,477×
• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-13· cited 980×
• Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-07· cited 857×
• Milliken v. Bradley
  Supreme Court· 1974-07-25· cited 695×
• Catherine Walsh, Etc. v. Louisiana High School Athletic Association, Lutheran High School Association of Greater New Orleans
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-04-30· cited 158×
• Hamilton ex rel. Hamilton v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass'n
  Sixth Circuit· 1976-04-08· cited 47×
• Schwartz v. Schuker
  E.D. New York· 1969-03-27· cited 22×
• Bystrom Ex Rel. Bystrom v. Fridley High School
  D. Minnesota· 1987-06-30· cited 15×
• Crosby v. Holsinger
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-08-04· cited 4×
• Bystrom v. Fridley High
  Eighth Circuit· 1988-04-13· cited 1×