Tinker v Des Moines

who approached the students stating that what the school was doing was not allowed and that they can sue?

Iowa Civil Liberties Union

who stepped in to help the Tinker family sue the Des Moines Indepedent Community School District and what did they argue?

the american civil liberties union stepped in to help and they argued that the first amendment protected the student's right to protest at school.

what was the lawyer of the student's arugment and the lawyer of the district's argument

the lawyer of the school, Dan Johnston, said that the district had previously let other kin ds of political speech occur and that it didin't learn at school the lawyer of the district, Allan Herrick, said that the district should be allowed to limit speech if it could lead to violence or disorder

what was the cause of the case?

the tinker children all wore black armbands to schoool as a way to protest the ongoing Vietnman War the principal told them to take the bands off or they would be punished they wore them anyways and the principal suspended them saying they couldn't come back to school unless they came not wearing the armbands

what was the US District Court for the Southern District Iowa arguement?

they argued that they acknowledged that the students had the right to protest under the First Amendment, but their concern was that a school would have a hard time keeping an orderly enviroment.

what did the court decide?

they decided that the armbands symbolized pure speech that was completely separate from any action for those wearing them.

where did they appeal their case the first time and then the second time?

they first appealed the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuirt, the court was divided so they then appealed to the Supreme Court