Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler explained

Litigants:	Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler
Arguedatea:	April 27
Arguedateb:	28
Argueyear:	1976
Decidedate:	June 28
Decideyear:	1976
Fullname:	Pasadena City Board of Education, et al. v. Spangler, et al.
Usvol:	427
Uspage:	424
Parallelcitations:	96 S. Ct. 2697; 49 L. Ed. 2d 599; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 77
Holding:	The District Court exceeded the limits of its power and authority in refusing to modify a desegregation order.
Majority:	Rehnquist
Joinmajority:	Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun, Powell
Dissent:	Marshall
Joindissent:	Brennan
Notparticipating:	Stevens

Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler, 427 U.S. 424 (1976), was a United States Supreme Court case.

Parties and litigants

Phil C. Neal argued the cause for petitioners; with him on the briefs were Lee G. Paul, Peter D., Robert G. Lane, Philip B. Kurland, and Alan L. Unikel.

Fred Okrand argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents Spangler et al. Solicitor General Bork argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Pottinger, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, and Brian K. Landsberg.^[1]

Raymond B. Witt, Jr., filed a brief for the Board of Education of Chattanooga, Tenn., as amicus curiae. [427 U.S. 424, 427]

Notes and References

1. Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Vilma Socorro Martínez and Morris J. Baller for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; by Nathaniel R. Jones, William L. Taylor, Paul R. Dimond, William E. Caldwell, Norman J. Chachkin, Thomas D. Barr, John W. Douglas, J. Harold Flannery, Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Milan C. Miskovsky, Whitney North Seymour, and Chesterfield Smith for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.; by Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Charles Stephen Ralston, Drew S. Days III, and Melvin Leventhal for the N. A. A. C. P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; by Ralph J. Moore, Jr., Richard M. Sharp, David Rubin, Peter T. Galiano, and Horace Wheatley for the National Education Assn. et al.; and by Nathaniel S. Colley for the Western Regional Office, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.