Supreme Court of the United States, Syllabus. Columbus Board of Education Et Al. v. Penick Et Al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. No. 78-610.

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ERIC Number: ED175960

Record Type: Non-Journal

Publication Date: 1979-Jul-2

Pages: 82

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Supreme Court of the United States, Syllabus. Columbus Board of Education Et Al. v. Penick Et Al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. No. 78-610.

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

This syllabus records the opinion of the Supreme Court and the concurring and dissenting opinions expressed by Supreme Court justices in this case. The opinion recorded upholds the charges brought in 1973 by students in the Columbus, Ohio school system that the Columbus Board of Education was causing and perpetuating racial segregation in the public schools, contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment. Related court cases and specific instances of racial segregation and nonsegregation policies and activities are discussed in the various opinions. (EB)

Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Racial Discrimination, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, 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 (Columbus)

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