Legal Opinion
Aspira of New York, Inc. v. Board of Education
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 23, 1973No. 72 Civ. 4002PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKEL, District Judge.
Despite the perceptions of Anatole France and others, our laws against stealing bread and sleeping in public places continue to apply equally to rich and poor alike, indifferently producing their unequal consequences. We live in a time, however, of unsettling questions about settled dogma. Among the unevenly developing results has been a growing principle that at least in respect of cherished human interests — as, for example, the unattained ideal of equal justice for rich and poor, Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811 (1963); Griffin…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Norwalk Core v. Norwalk Redevelopment AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Panitch v. State of WisconsinDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1974
- Mendoza v. LavineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1976