Legal Opinion
Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia Board of Education
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 1997No. Civil Action 96-3791PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GAWTHROP, District Judge.
This cause of action challenges the legality of a condom distribution program in Philadelphia public high schools. Pending before the court are Motions for Summary Judgment filed both by the defendants and by the intervenors. The movants argue that the Philadelphia School District’s Board of Education has the authority to implement the condom program, which fully complies with state law. They further contend that this voluntary program does not infringe the parents’ Fourteenth Amendment rights, and that any prior parental consent requirement would infringe the…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In re G.T.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2000
- Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Giacomucci v. Southeast Delco School Dist., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County1998
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