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3 unusual facts about Morse v. Frederick


Morse v. Frederick

Deputy Solicitor-General Edwin Kneedler spoke on behalf of the U.S. government in support of the petitioner.

Justice John Paul Stevens, in a dissent joined by Justice Souter and Justice Ginsburg, argued that "the Court does serious violence to the First Amendment in upholding—indeed, lauding—a school's decision to punish Frederick for expressing a view with which it disagreed".

His suit was dismissed by the federal district court, but on appeal, the Ninth Circuit reversed, concluding that Frederick's speech rights were violated.


George A. Frederick

Druid Hill Park ranks with Central Park in New York City, begun in 1859, and Fairmount Park in Philadelphia as the oldest landscaped public parks in the United States.

On July 17, 1875 the individual members of the Board of Public Works—Governor James Black Groome, Treasurer Barnes Compton, and Comptroller Levin Woolford—filed suits of libel against Charles C. and Albert K. Fulton, proprietors of the Baltimore American, claiming $20,000 each in damages.

St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church

The church is an early work of George A. Frederick (1842-1924), a prolific and prominent architect in Baltimore who designed various buildings in the city including the Baltimore City Hall in 1875.

St. John's Cemetery

St. John's Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland, a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Frederick, Maryland

Wayne A.I. Frederick

He has served as the principal investigator for major collaborations with the National Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and local and national minority-serving oncology programs.

Frederick was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and is a scholar, surgeon, researcher and respected administrator.


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