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Related Court Cases
Billings v Madison Metropolitan School District (2001)
Brown v Board of Education (1954)
Bolling v Sharpe (1954)
Craig v. Boren (1976)
Diaz v San Jose Unified School District (1984)
Force v. Pierce City R-VI School District (1983)
Green v County School Board of New Kent County (1968)
Hawkins v Coleman (1974)
McNeal v. Tate County School District (1975)
Milliken v Bradley (1974) and (1977)
PARC v. Commonwealth (1972)
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)
Vorchheimer v. School District of Philadelphia (1977)
Equal Protection Clause |
Details: The Equal Protection Clause states that "no state... shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Because of this, it is often used in discrimination cases. Interestingly, because the language refers specifically to states, the Equal Protection Clause does not itself apply to the District of Columbia, though other overlapping laws do apply there.
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Applications and Implications: The Equal Protection Clause has been used to end de jure segregation, prohibit gender discrimination policies, and fight other forms of unjustified discrimination.
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Imber, Michael and Tyll van Geel (2004). Education Law (3rd ed.). Mahwah, MJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 206. |
