Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist.

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (No. 21) 383 F.2d 988, reversed and remanded.
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WHITE, J., Concurring Opinion, Concurring Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

393 U.S. 503

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

No. 21 Argued: November 12, 1968 --- Decided: February 24, 1969

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, concurring.

While I join the Court's opinion, I deem it appropriate to note, first, that the Court continues to recognize a distinction between communicating by words and communicating by acts or conduct which sufficiently impinges on some valid state interest; and, second, that I do not subscribe to everything the Court of Appeals said about free speech in its opinion in Burnside v. Byars, 363 F.2d 744, 748 (C.A. 5th Cir.1966), a case relied upon by the Court in the matter now before us.