Legal Opinion
Justice v. Board of Education
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 9, 1972No. 72 Civ. 2339PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKEL, District Judge.
Over a quarter-century ago Congress passed the National School Lunch Act 1 “to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s children” 2 or, as more broadly stated in the course of fashioning later amendments, to assure that “every child from an impoverished family shall be served meals either free or at reduced cost.” 3 Despite those stated goals of the world’s richest country, millions of our children continue to go without adequate lunches. Some of those children bring this action — -styled, probably advertently and perhaps symbolically, Justice, et al.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Frederick L. v. ThomasDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Haddon Township Board of Education v. New Jersey Department of EducationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1979
- Robbiani v. BurkeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- Richmond Welfare Rights Organization v. Woodrow W. SnodgrassCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Charette Ex Rel. Charette v. BerglandDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1978
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