Can you name the Supreme Court & Equality Cases 4? by klee3

Supreme Court Case	Case	Justice
Court gave its approval to the concept of separate but equal facilities for whites & blacks		Brown 8-1
- Texas funding of public schools using property taxes is constitutional, rational; state has substantial interest in education		Powell 5-4
- Justice White says Jews also can use the 1866 Civil Rights Act to challenge discrimination against them		White
- Stanley Reed – doesn’t matter if Democratic party is called a private party or not, all elections are governed by the same rules; 15th amendment holds – white primaries his		0
Held that a black was entitled to be tried by a jury from which blacks had not been excluded bc of their race.		0
Overturned TX law denying free public school education to illegal alien children		Brennan 5-4
Affirm. Action; 1College quota admission system violated EP Clause of 14thAmend. 2.Race can be used to achieve educational diversity		Powell, 5-4, 5-4
- CT says you must live in state a year to be eligible for welfare;Warren says violates equal protection and right to travel between states		0
Says state law trumps right to privacy–too large in size & structure to be considered private; not letting women into chapter hurts them professionally & economically		0
Upheld use of 1866 Civil Rights Act to stop a private school from practicing racial segregation; state to enforce a contract would be in violation of 14th amend EP clause.		Stewart 7-2
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Upheld Congress' limiting registering for the draft to males only		Rehnquist 6-3
- SC wrote procerum opinion – said OK can’t stop blacks from attending law school if they don’t have another for them; Breaks equal protection clause of 14th amendment		0
- Voting rights act IS constitutional; 15th amend says you can’t stop someone from voting because of race; section 2 says Congress can pass necessary enforcement legislation		Warren 9-0
- Can an Arab person file a racial discrimination suit under the 1866 Civil Rights Act? White writes unanimous decision – yes, of course Arabs are included.		White 9-0

Supreme Court Case	Case	Justice
Held that the EP Clause is based on race & people have right not to be excluded from juries due to race. Extended 'Batson' from 6 yrs b4		Kennedy 7-2
- Court says she claims she was sexually harassed, this has nothing to do with the contract – once you have the job, s-h has nothing to do with signing contract that has already		Kennedy 5-4
- Looks at literacy tests in Alabama – obviously geared to prevent blacks from voting, so stopped		0
invalidated PA personal liberty laws which interfered w return of slaves; upheld Fugitive Slave Act		0
- Murphy says the government must show that the person took the oath of citizenship fraudulently in order to revoke it (denaturalize someone)		Murphy
- Unanimously says restricted housing covenants are unenforceable by courts; violation of 14th amendment		0
- Hiring policy-if you have young minors at home and are a women, we will not hire you: per curium opinion: obvious violation of title 7 of the 1964 civil rights act		0
Court held slaves must abide by law of the state in which they were residing. If in a slave state, they were slaves.		Taney
- Court says they don’t see how it is right to treat naturalized citizens differently than other citizens – says the law implies naturalized citizens are less reliable and less		0
ID law automatically giving husband preference in executing son’s estates over wife – breaks EP clause of 14th Amend.		0
Company guilty of ‘sexual stereotyping’ for not making her partner; not able to show that they would have made the same decision if she were a man		Brennan 6-3
Challenges UT law – in order to become adult, male must be 18, girl 21; Court strikes down law – no legitimate state interest; breaks equal protection clause of 14th		0
School board guilty of discrimination after firing someone who had contagious tuberculosis		Brennan
- Navy said if a woman gets passed on twice for promotion, must be out after 13 yrs service, men after 9 yrs: says this is okay – since men had easier time getting promoted, wome		0
- City’s ‘set aside’ program for contracts for minority owned businesses breaks EP clause of 14th amend. bc theres no legit city interest.		O'Connor 6-3

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