Tinker v Des Monies Independent Community School District Case Brief

S. https://supreme. justia. com/cases/federal/us/393/503/ Parties Petitioner: Tinker was the petitioner in the case. Tinker was head of the family filing the case on behalf of the students. Being public schools, they were subject to this right and its following. Procedure in lower courts At the District Court, the judge dismissed the filled petition by the complainant basing the facts on the ground that the regulation restricting the students' behavior rested on the Board’s power, even without any finding of substantial distraction and interference with the activities of the school and its functioning. In the judgment, it was noted that the First Amendments Rights were provisional to both teachers and students and which was subject to be applied to any characteristics within the school environment.