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Background
In September 1975, the Island Trees Board of Education received a list of books deemed inappropriate by Parents of New York United. The board temporarily removed the books from school libraries and formed a committee to review the list. The committee found that five of the nine books should be returned, but the board overruled the decision and returned only two of the books.

A group of five high school students led by Richard A. Pico filed a lawsuit against the school board claiming a violation of First Amendment rights. Federal court allowed a summary judgement in favor of the school board, citing the discretion given to a school board's authority in terms of its political philosophy. The judgement was challenged and remanded in the Second Circuit after questions rose of the school board's motives.