U.S. Constitution
High School Press Freedom/Censorship Cases
- B.H. & K.M. et al v. Easton Area School District
- Bell v. Itawamba County School Board
- Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
- Burch v. Barker
- Dean v. Utica Community Schools
- Doninger v. Niehoff
- Douglass v. Londonderry School et al.
- Draudt v. Wooster City School District Board of Education
- Frasca v. Andrews
- Frudden v. Pilling
- Gambino v. Fairfax County School Board
- Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
- J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District
- Layshock v. Hermitage School District
- Mahaffey v. Aldrich
- Morse v. Frederick
- Neal et al. v. Efurd
- People v. Marquan M.
- Smith v. Novato Unified School System
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
- Zucker v. Panitz
College Press Freedom/Censorship Cases
- Antonelli v. Hammond
- Barnes v. Zaccari
- Coppola v. Lawson
- Healy v. James
- Hosty v. Carter
- Joyner v. Whiting
- Keefe v. Adams et al.
- Kincaid v. Gibson
- Lewis v. St. Cloud State University
- O’Brien v. Welty
- OSU Student Alliance v. Ray
- Papish v. Board of Curators of University of Missouri
- People of Illinois v. McKinney
- Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
- Schiff v. Williams
- Stanley v. Magrath
- Tatro v. University of Minnesota
- Ward v. Polite
Access to Public Records Cases
- Chicago Tribune Co. v. University of Illinois
- South Carolina Association of School Administrators v. Disabato
- State ex rel. The Miami Student v. Miami University
- Student Press Law Center v. Lamar Alexander
- The News and Observer Publishing Co., et al. v. Baddour
- The State Journal-Register v. University of Illinois-Springfield
Libel/Invasion of Privacy Cases
- Mink v. Suthers
- MRB et al v. Puyallup School District
- Sisley v. Seattle Public School District No. 1
Broadcasting Cases
Advertising Cases
Student Press Freedom Laws
New Voices is a student-powered bipartisan movement to restore and protect the freedom of the student press. New Voices laws prohibit student media censorship and protect advisers and other school employees from retaliation for refusing to illegally censor student journalists. Sixteen states have passed New Voices legislation as of 2022.
Learn more about New Voices.
- Arkansas Student Publications Act (1995)
- California student free expression law (1977)
- Colorado student free expression law (1990)
- Hawaii Student Journalism Protection Act (2022)
- Illinois Speech Rights of Student Journalists and College Campus Press Acts (2016 and 2008)
- Iowa student free expression law (1989)
- Kansas Student Publications Act (1992)
- Maryland New Voices Act (2016)
- Massachusetts student free expression law (1988)
- Nevada New Voices Act (2017)
- New Jersey New Voices Law (2021)
- North Dakota John Wall New Voices Act (2015)
- Oregon student free expression law (2007)
- Rhode Island New Voices Act (2017)
- Vermont New Voices Act (2017)
- Virginia College Press Freedom Act (2020)
- Washington New Voices Act (2018)
- West Virginia New Voices Act (2023)
Other Laws and Regulations Affecting Student Journalism
- California Community College Free Expression Law (1977)
- California Leonard Law (high school) (2011)
- California Leonard Law (private colleges) (2009)
- California Leonard Law (public colleges) (2009)
- California newspaper theft law (2007)
- Colorado newspaper theft law (2013)
- District of Columbia Municipal Regulation: Student Bill of Rights (2009)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974)
- Maryland newspaper theft law (updated 2002)
- Pennsylvania Administrative Code: Student Rights and Responsibilities
- Privacy Protection Act of 1980