J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District

J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District
Court	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Full case name	J. S., a minor, by and through his parents and natural guardians H. S. and I. S., v. Bethlehem Area School District, Thomas Doluisio and A. Thomas Kartsotis
Decided	September 25, 2002
Citation(s)	807 A.2d 803 (Pa. 2002)
Case history
Prior action(s)	Student expulsion affirmed, Northampton County Court; Affirmed, 807 A.2d 847 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2000)
Case opinions
Majority: Justice Ralph J. Cappy

J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District, 757 A.2d 412 (Pa. 2002),^[1] was a case of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which found the Bethlehem Area School District could punish a student for derogatory and allegedly threatening comments made on a website about a teacher, even though the site was created off-campus.