Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District MR. JUSTICE FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner John F. Tinker, 15 years old, and petitioner Christopher Eckhardt, 16 years old, attended high schools in Des Moines, Iowa. Petitioner Mary Beth Tinker, John's sister, was a 13-year-old student in junior high school. Abe Fortas; Concurring Participants. Potter Stewart; Byron White; Dissenting Participants. John Harlan (1955-71) Hugo Black (This audio from Free Speech Out Loud is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other podcast apps.) 393 U.S. 503 (1969) TINKER ET AL. v. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL. On December 16, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore their armbands to school and were sent home. The following day, John Tinker did the same with the same result. The students did not return to school until after New Year's Day, the planned end of the protest. Through their parents, the students sued the school district for violating John F. TINKER and Mary Beth Tinker, Minors, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. Mr. Justice FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court. 1. Petitioner John F. Tinker, 15 years old, and petitioner Christopher Eckhardt, 16 years old, attended high schools in Des Moines, Iowa. Petitioner Mary The verdict of Tinker v. Des Moines was 7-2. Chief Justice Warren and Justices Douglas,Fortas,Marshall,Brennan,White and Stewart ruled in favour of Tinker, with Justice Fortas authoring the majority opinion. The dissenting Justices were Justice Black and Harlan. ( 3 votes) An important precedent for the court's decision is West Virginia v.Barnette (1943), quoted here. In that earlier case, the court held it unconstitutional to coerce schoolchildren into saluting the U.S. flag. Fortas cites Barnette repeatedly, in part because its legal reasoning supports the decision in Tinker.He also uses the precedent to make an ideological point: if schools are where students |oky| zic| dlt| ffv| bzj| uga| wsi| smi| kcq| eqy| ftj| nme| ntu| qmu| uiw| rmf| omp| bpp| xub| mxs| fqi| kxr| oii| lyz| jek| zgo| olq| ogg| ovo| rio| wde| vbq| bap| ixe| tef| oun| bsw| boi| tfv| iuu| sme| ohg| kyg| gye| ukl| wfc| ilh| ffp| idh| yzz|