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Manville, Phyllis – Journal of Education Finance, 1982
Recounts actions of the Internal Revenue Service and the federal government from 1965 to 1982 involving tax exempt status and racially discriminatory schools. Traces federal court decisions on the issue since 1970, including "Green v. Connally" and current Supreme Court cases involving Bob Jones University (South Carolina) and Goldsboro…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation

Scott, Frederic R.; Weingart, Cynthia E. – Journal of College and University Law, 1991
This paper analyzes "Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) vs. University of Detroit," the first federal circuit court case concerning a college faculty member refusing to pay union dues because of religious beliefs conflicting with purposes for which dues are used. Suggestions for union and institutional response in such…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Faculty College Relationship

Flowers, Ronald B. – Religion and Public Education, 1988
Describes two federal court cases concerning objections to public school textbooks. In "Smith v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County," parents attempted to eliminate objectionable content from textbooks through the Establishment Clause. In "Mozert v. Hawkins County Public Schools," parents wanted to remove children…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Creationism
Chou, Donald; And Others – 1982
In light of two cases soon to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court--"Bob Jones University v. United States" and "Goldsboro Christian Schools, Inc. v. United States"--this monograph discusses the issue of freedom of religion and racially discriminatory private religious schools. After noting the statutory basis of tax-exempt…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts