Banning Books in Public Schools: Board of Education v. Pico

Authors

Kelly Bowers

Document Type

Note

Abstract

In Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico five members of the Supreme Court, in three separate opinions, held that the first amendment places some constraints on a school board's power to remove books from its school libraries. Although the opinions were couched in terms of preventing censorship, the effect of this decision was to create a right guaranteeing students access to books approved by the federal judiciary.

Recommended Citation

Kelly Bowers Banning Books in Public Schools: Board of Education v. Pico, 10 Pepp. L. Rev. Iss. 3 (1983)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol10/iss3/2