Lee v. Grand Rapids Board of Education

The origin of this lawsuit reaches back in time and across jurisdictional boundaries. Plaintiffs were members of a class in an action originally filed in federal district court on November 20, 1975, alleging violations of 42 USC 1983; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC 2000e et seq.; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 USC 1681 et seq.; and the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The defendants were members of the class of defendants in that action. Neither the plaintiffs nor defendants in this…