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J.S. v. BETHLEHEM AREA SCHOOL DIST.

807 A.2d 847 (2002)

J.S., a Minor By and Through his parents and natural guardian H.S. and I.S., Appellants v. BETHLEHEM AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Einar Sletvold, Philip D. Lauer, Easton, for appellant, J.S., a minor.

Jason R. Wiley, Jeffrey T. Tucker, New Britain, for appellee, Bethlehem Area School Dist.

Jeffrey D. Litts, Stuart Lee Knade, New Cumberland, for appellee amicus curiae PA School Bd. Ass'n.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

Justice CAPPY.

This appeal presents our court with the difficult issue of whether a school district may, consistent with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, discipline a student for creating at home, and posting on the Internet, a web site that, inter alia, contained derogatory, profane, offensive and threatening statements directed toward one of the student's teachers...

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