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Aug 30, 1976

Minarcini v. Strongsville City School District 541 F.2d 577 (6th Cir, 1976)

Status: Historic

In 1972, the Strongsville City School District refused to approve faculty recommendations for using Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 and Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You Mr. Rosewater as textbooks....

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Wooden gavel
Jul 3, 1970

Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights 418 U.S. 298 (1974)

Status: Historic

In July 1970, Henry J. Lehman, a candidate for state representative, attempted to purchase advertising space promoting his candidacy on the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit System. When his...

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Wooden gavel
Jun 9, 1969

Brandenburg v. Ohio 395 U.S. 444 (1969)

Status: Historic

In the summer of 1964, Clarence Brandenburg, a leader in the Ku Klux Klan, gave a speech at a Klan rally. Because of this speech — which included remarks accusing the United States...

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Wooden gavel
Jun 6, 1966

Sheppard v. Maxwell 384 U.S. 333 (1966)

Status: Historic

In 1954, Cleveland-area physician Sam Sheppard was arrested for the murder of his pregnant wife Marilyn. Before the trial, the media was accused of bias against Sheppard and inflammatory coverage of the...

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Wooden gavel
Jun 22, 1964

Jacobellis v. Ohio 378 U.S. 184 (1964)

Status: Historic

In 1959, Nico Jacobellis, manager of the Heights Art Movie Theater in Cleveland Heights, showed Les Amants (“The Lovers”), a film that featured a woman who leaves her husband and...

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