Legal Opinion
Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 13, 1969No. 258PublishedCited by 1,019 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
In this case we are called on to determine whether § 2012 of the New York Education Law is constitutional. The legislation provides that in certain New York school districts residents who are otherwise eligible to vote in state and federal elections may vote in the school district election only if they (1) own (or lease) taxable real property within the district, or (2) are parents (or have custody of) children enrolled in the local public schools. Appellant, a bachelor who neither owns nor leases taxable real property, filed suit in federal court claiming that § 2012 denied him equal…
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