Pasadena City Bd. of Ed. v. Spangler

Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler, ussc|427|424|1986.

No. 75-164. Argued April 27-28, 1976 Decided June 28, 1976

Rehnquist, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Burger, C. J., and Steward, White, Blackmun, and Powell, JJ., joined. Marshall, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Brennan, J., joined, post, p. 441. Stevens, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Phil C. Neal argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Lee G. Paul, Peter D. Collisson, Robert G. Lane, Philip B. Kurland, and Alan L. Unikel.

Fred Okrand argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents Spangler et al. Solicitor General Bork argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Pottinger, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, and Brian K. Landsberg. *

[Footnote * ] Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Vilma S. Martinez and Morris J. Baller for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; by Nathaniel R. Jones, William L. Taylor, Paul R. Dimond, William E. Caldwell, Norman J. Chachkin, Thomas D. Barr, John W. Douglas, J. Harold Flannery, Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Milan C. Miskovsky, Whitney North Seymour, and Chesterfield Smith for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.; by Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Charles Stephen Ralston, Drew S. Days III, and Melvin Leventhal for the N. A. A. C. P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; by Ralph J. Moore, Jr., Richard M. Sharp, David Rubin, Peter T. Galiano, and Horace Wheatley for the National Education Assn. et al.; and by Nathaniel S. Colley for the Western Regional Office, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.

Raymond B. Witt, Jr., filed a brief for the Board of Education of Chattanooga, Tenn., as amicus curiae. [427 U.S. 424, 427]

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*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 427