The High Court Splits on Race-Based Layoff Policies.

Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ341157

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Publication Date: 1986

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The High Court Splits on Race-Based Layoff Policies.

Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v173 n9 p20,47 Sep 1986

The Supreme Court issued an unclear decision in "Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education." The case generated five opinions that do not agree on a single set of legal principles to give needed guidance to public officials. Includes discussion of two other cases relating to affirmative action and hiring practices. (MD)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection, Federal Courts, Unions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourteenth Amendment

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