The substantial disruption test is a criterion set forth by the

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, in the leading case of ''

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ''Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District'', 393 U.S. 503 (1969), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools. The ''Tinker'' test, also k ...

'', 393 U.S. 503 (1969). The test is used to determine whether an act by a U.S. public school official (State actor) has abridged a student's constitutionally protected

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rights of free speech. The test, as set forth in the Tinker opinion, asks the question: Did the speech or expression of the student "materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operation of the school?" The case holds that to justify suppression of speech, school officials would need to show that the conduct in question would "materially and substantially interfere" with the operation of the school.

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* * Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 93 U.S. 503 (1969) American legal terminology {{US-law-stub