DESILETS EX REL. DESILETS v. CLEARVIEW BD. OF EDUC.


266 N.J. Super. 531 (1993)

630 A.2d 333

PATRICIA DESILETS ON BEHALF OF AND AS NATURAL GUARDIAN OF BRIEN DESILETS, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. CLEARVIEW REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION, MICHAEL P. TOSCANO, SUPERINTENDENT, AND CHARLES BISHOP, PRINCIPAL, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Capehart & Scatchard, attorneys for defendants-appellants (Alan R. Schmoll, of counsel, Robert A. Muccilli, on the brief).

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, for plaintiffs-respondent (William H. Buckman, of counsel and on the brief; Linda Elwell, on the brief).

Before LONG, D'ANNUNZIO and KEEFE, JJ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KEEFE, J.A.D.

The issue to be decided in this appeal is whether defendants' action in censoring, prior to publication, two movie reviews written by plaintiff Brien Desilets for his junior high school newspaper, violated plaintiff's federal or state constitutional rights.

Plaintiff Patricia Desilets, on behalf of and as natural guardian for her son, Brien Desilets,1 filed a complaint against...

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