Legal Opinion
Runyon v. McCrary
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1976No. 75-62PublishedCited by 1,365 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The principal issue presented by these consolidated cases is whether a federal law, namely 42 U. S. C. § 1981, prohibits private schools from excluding qualified children solely because they are Negroes.
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The respondents in No. 75-62, Michael McCrary and Colin Gonzales, are Negro children. By their parents, *164they filed a class action against the petitioners in No. 75-62, Russell and Katheryne Runyon, who are the proprietors of Bobbe’s School in Arlington, Va. Their complaint alleged that they had been prevented from attending the school because of the petitioners’ policy of denying admission to…
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