Legal Precedents
Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1981/80-2043
First Amendment limits the power of school officials to remove books from school libraries because of their content.
Mission is to foster First Amendment freedoms. Legal definition of obscenity.
Freedom to Read - Glossary of Legal Terms
https://www.ftrf.org/page/Glossary
Glossary of terms from the Freedom to Read Foundation.
Legal Definition of Obscenity
https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/about/faq/what-is-the-legal-definition-of-obscenity
Counts v Cedarville District
https://www.bookweb.org/news/harry-potter-and-order-cedarville-school-board
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas ruled in 2003 that it is unconstitutional for the school district to require children to receive parental permission when checking out Harry Potter books from the school library
Montero v Tempe
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decided in 1998 that removing controversial books from the curriculum because of parent complaints would be a violation of students’ First Amendment rights to receive information