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Broussard v. School Board of Norfolk
Court	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Full case name	Broussard by Lord v. School Board of City of Norfolk
Decided	September 3, 1992
Docket nos.	2:92-cv-71
Citation	801 F. Supp. 1526
Court membership
Judge sitting	Robert G. Doumar

Broussard v. School Board of Norfolk, 801 F. Supp. 1526 (E.D. Va. 1992) was a court case that took place in Norfolk, Virginia, United States in 1992. Kimberly Broussard, a middle school student was disciplined by the Norfolk Public Schools for wearing a t-shirt that read "Drugs Suck". When her parents sued on her behalf, her lawyer claimed that her shirt was a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and the Tinker Standard. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in favor of the school board, saying that although the shirt displayed an anti-drug message, the word "suck" was a vulgar word with a sexual connotation and therefore not allowed in school.

See also

• School speech
  • Guiles v. Marineau: a similar case with student T-shirts
  • Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
  • Bethel School District v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986)
  • Morse v. Frederick, 551 U.S. 393 (2007)
• Obscenity
  • Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
  • Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)

External links

• Text of Broussard v. School Board of Norfolk, 801 F. Supp. 1526 (E.D. Va. 1992) is available from: Google Scholar Justia
• The case mentioned as precedent in another case

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