Legal Opinion
Kromnick v. School Dist. of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 17, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-5013PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BECHTLE, District Judge.
This employment discrimination class action brought by four white elementary school teachers challenges the validity of a 75%/125% quota system used by defendant School District of Philadelphia (“District”) to maintain racial balance in the faculties of all of the schools (elementary, middle or junior high school, and high school) of the District. 1 Under the quota system, each school is required to employ between 75% and 125% of the existing proportion of black teachers employed city-wide at that school’s respective level (elementary, middle or…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United Steelworkers of America v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- 26 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1649, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,789 Leroy Zaslawsky v. Board of Education of the Los Angeles City Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Kromnick v. School District Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Kromnick v. School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Bolin v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- Kalodner v. Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983