Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) is the U.S. Supreme Court’s most significant ruling on equal educational opportunities and race in American history.
Read the full storyStephen G. Breyer was President Bill Clinton’s second appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Breyer brought with him a wealth of experience in government service and as a federal appellate court judge.
Read the full storyMany legal scholars consider William Brennan to be one of the greatest Supreme Court justices of the 20th century.
Read the full storyBradley v. School Board of City of Richmond involved two different decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Read the full storyIn Bolling v. Sharpe (1954), African American junior high school students challenged the denial of their requests for admission to all-White schools in Washington, D.C.
Read the full storyBoard of Regents v. Roth (1972) is a seminal case over the due process rights of educators in public schools who are facing termination or nonrenewal of their employment contracts.
Read the full storyAt issue in Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 v. Allen) (1968), often simply called Board of Education v. Allen, was the constitutionality of the loan of textbooks to students in religiously affiliated nonpublic schools.
Read the full storyIn Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990), the U.S. Supreme Court held that, on its face, the Equal Access Act does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Read the full storyIn 1982, the Supreme Court decided Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley.
Read the full storyBoard of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet presents a somewhat unusual controversy as far as church-state suits are concerned.
Read the full storyThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002)...
Read the full storyIn Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico (1982)...
Read the full storyHugo Lafayette Black served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from August 17, 1937, to September 17, 1971.
Read the full storyBishop v. Wood (1976) dealt with an employment dispute between a former police officer and the city for which he worked.
Read the full storyThe Bill of Rights is generally recognized as a part of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees each person certain basic rights.
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