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
- 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
Broadcasting Cases
Advertising Cases
New Voices Laws
New Voices is a student-powered bipartisan movement to give student journalists protection from censorship. Fourteen states have passed New Voices legislation as of 2018.
Learn more about New Voices.
- Arkansas Student Publications Act (1995)
- Act 912 (2019) — Amends the Arkansas Student Publications Act to include school-sponsored “media” instead of just “publications”
- Act 395 (2019) — Amends the Arkansas Student Publications Act to include public college students
- California student free expression law (1977)
- Colorado student free expression law (1990)
- Illinois New Voices Act (2016)
- Kansas Student Publications Act (1992)
- Maryland New Voices Act (2016)
- Massachusetts student free expression law (1988)
- Nevada New Voices Act (2017)
- North Dakota John Wall New Voices Act (2015)
- Oregon student free expression law — public colleges (2007)
- Oregon student free expression law — public secondary schools (2007)
- Rhode Island New Voices Act (2017)
- Vermont New Voices Act (2017)
- Washington New Voices Act (2018)
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)
- Illinois student free expression law (public colleges) (2008)
- Iowa student free expression law (1989)
- Maryland newspaper theft law (updated 2002)
- Pennsylvania Administrative Code: Student Rights and Responsibilities
- Privacy Protection Act of 1980