Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Mercer v. Michigan State Board of Education
419 U.S. 1081
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1974-12-23
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- affirming a district court decision that denied a public school teacher standing to assert the rights and parents, when the district court could not determine “whether or not any parents or students desire these laws to be changed.”
- State has ultimate power over curricular and administrative decisions absent an unconstitutional motivation
Citator
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- 20 opinions
Affirmed on appeal from D. C. E. D. Mich.
Mr. Justice Douglas, Mr. Justice Brennan, and Mr. Justice White would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.