The First Amendment permits a public school to punish a student for giving a lewd and indecent speech at a school assembly even if the speech is not obscene. Decided July 7, 1986 (argued March 3, 1986). Opinion of the Court: Warren E. Burger → go there Dissenting: Marshall, Stevens. Applied: the First Amendment → go there Applied: the Fourteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Freedom of speech and of the press. Bethel School District v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court upheld the suspension of a high school student who delivered a sexually suggestive speech at a school assembly. The case involved free speech in public schools. Wiki link