Legal Opinion
Green v. Kennedy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 12, 1970No. Civ. A. 1355-69PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
2Per curiam
Plaintiffs, Negro Federal taxpayers and their minor children attending public schools in Mississippi, have brought this class action to enjoin the Secretary of the Treasury from granting tax exempt status to private schools in Mississippi which discriminate against Negroes in admissions. They claim that sections 170 and 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 are unconstitutional to the extent that they support the establishment and maintenance of segregated private schools through tax benefits,…
3Cases cited12 opinions
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
4Cited by45 opinions
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bob Jones University v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company v. United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Rev. Donald L. Jackson v. The Statler FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Dorothy Gautreaux v. George W. Romney, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
40 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.