Student Newspaper's Right To Review R-Rated Movies Upheld
May a school principal remove movie reviews from the student newspaper merely because the films in question were rated R? The New Jersey Supreme Court, agreeing with two lower courts, said no.
The case of Desilets v. Clearview Regional Board of Education concerned reviews of the movies "Mississippi Burning" and "Rain Man" submitted in 1989 to the student paper at Clearview Junior High School in Gloucester County. They were written by Brien Desilets, who was then an 8th grader.
The principal pulled the reviews solely because the films were rated R, for restricted, by the Motion...
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