Supreme Court's Decisions Affecting Education

By adbeas

  • Marbury v. Madison

    Supreme Court decides all laws whether constitutional or not

  • Dred Scott v. Standford

    African americans aren't citizens and have no rights. Court ruled 14th amendment that citizenship for all

  • Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Company

  • Plessy v. Fergison

    Segragation by constitution goes by "seperate but equal"

  • Lochner v. New York

    Limiting the number of hours one could work was unconstitutional

  • Muller v. Oregon

    Oregon's limit on the working hours of women was constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, because it was justified by the strong state interest in protecting women's health. Supreme Court of Oregon affirmed.

  • Berea College v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

    Ruling-States prohibit integrated schools in private and public schools

  • Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada

    states that provide only one educational institution must allow blacks and whites toattend if there are no seperate schools for blacks.

  • West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

    Freedom of speech, protects students from being able to not salute the flag or pledge to it.

  • Mclaurin v. Oklahoma State

    Different treatment im higher state institutions of hight learning protected under the 1st amendment.

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Seperate school be inferior, and mere seperation from majority of law students to complete in the legal area.

  • Bolling v. Sharpe

    Racial segragation in public schools of D.C. is a denial to Negro children of the due process of law garunteed by the 1st amendment

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    14 amendment applies to all

  • Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

    The plan did not comply with the dictates of Brown v. Board of Education.

  • Swann v. Charolette Mecklenburg County Goard of Education

    Busing students to promote integration is unconstitutional.

  • Board of Education Island Trees School v. Pico

    Removal of Library school books from high schools and jr. high schools

  • Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

    Student papers (forums) that have not been established are classified as a lower 1st amendment be protected

  • University of California Regents v. Bakke

    School refused to let Bakke into thier school because of his race/color. Court sides with Bakke Affirmative action/ Quota system based on race unconstitutional, Schools have more diversity now.