PDF below contains quotes from the trial important to note::
I am not a lawyer. However, I think it is worth mentioning that this case did not establish law. This case, first and foremost, overturned the district courts ruling; therefore, not allowing the school board to remove books on the basis in which they were removing them (sexual explicitness was not one of those reasons not applicable to these books). It also set in motion the verbiage most commonly used in school board policies regarding the removal of library books (ie: books can only be removed if they are pervasively vulgar or not educationally appropriate). The judges in dissent stated that a school board might reasonably conclude that even “random” vulgarity is inappropriate for teenage students. And that discretion must be used when removing books and the local school board is the correct body to make those decisions.
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