Legal Opinion
Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 25, 1974No. 72-1264PublishedCited by 414 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
In 1965 the voters of Philadelphia approved a public education supplement to their city charter establishing the present structure of the Philadelphia Board of Education (the School Board or Board). The supplement, which appears as Art. XII of the city charter,1 vests in the Mayor a double appointment power with regard to the School Board. The Mayor appoints the nine *607members of the Board, but he is assisted in that task by another entity that he also appoints, the Educational Nominating Panel (the Nominating Panel or Panel). The function of the Panel is to seek out qualified candidates for…
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3Cited by414 opinions
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