Supreme Court of the United States, Syllabus. Dayton Board of Education et al. v. Brinkman et. al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. No. 78-627.

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ERIC Number: ED177234

Record Type: Non-Journal

Publication Date: 1979-Jul-2

Pages: 21

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Supreme Court of the United States, Syllabus. Dayton Board of Education et al. v. Brinkman et. al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. No. 78-627.

Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC.

This booklet records the opinion of the Supreme Court in this case, as well as one of the dissenting opinions. The Court upheld the charges brought by students of the Dayton, Ohio, school system that the Dayton Board of Education, the State Board of Education, and various local and State officials were operating a racially segregated school system in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Reference is made to related cases in both the Court's opinion and that of dissenting Justice Rehnquist. (EB)

Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legislation, Racial Discrimination, Racial Segregation, Racially Balanced Schools, School Desegregation, Supreme Court Litigation

Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Authoring Institution: Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC.

Identifiers - Location: Ohio (Dayton)

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