# Mercer v. Michigan State Board of Education

> Supreme Court of the United States · December 23, 1974 · 419 U.S. 1081

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8993605

## Case

- **Full name:** Mercer v. Michigan State Board of Education
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** December 23, 1974
- **Citations:** 419 U.S. 1081; 95 S. Ct. 673; 42 L. Ed. 2d 678; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 3776
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Brennan, Douglas, Jurisdiction, Set, Would
- **Cited by:** 17 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8993605

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- affirming a district court decision that denied a public school teacher standing to assert the rights and parents, when the district court could not determine “whether or not any parents or students desire these laws to be changed.”

## Opinion text

Affirmed on appeal from D. C. E. D. Mich.
Mr. Justice Douglas, Mr. Justice Brennan, and Mr. Justice White would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.

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