Legal Opinion
Norwood v. Harrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1973No. 72-77PublishedCited by 295 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
A three-judge District Court sustained the validity of a Mississippi statutory program under which textbooks are purchased by the State and lent to students in both public and private schools, without reference to whether any participating private school has racially discriminatory policies. 340 F. Supp. 1003 (ND Miss. 1972). We noted probable jurisdiction, 409 U. S. 839.
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Appellants, who are parents of four schoolchildren in Tunica County, Mississippi, filed a class action on behalf of students throughout Mississippi to enjoin in part the enforcement of the Mississippi textbook lending…
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