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Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that held that the "Siman Act", a 1919 Nebraska law prohibiting minority languages as both the subject and medium of instruction in schools, violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [1]
It was the first Supreme Court case incorporating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment as binding upon the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case was brought by a New Jersey taxpayer against a tax-funded school district that provided reimbursement to parents of both public and private school ...
1954. 347 U.S. 497. Brown companion case —dealt with the constitutionality of segregation in the District of Columbia. Browder v. Gayle. 1956. 142 F. Supp. 707. Montgomery, Alabama bus segregation is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment protections for equal treatment. NAACP v.
Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, 414 U.S. 632 (1974), found that overly restrictive maternity leave regulations in public schools violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment. [1]
Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 269 U.S. 510 (1925), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court striking down an Oregon statute that required all children to attend public school. [1] The decision significantly expanded coverage of the Due Process Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to recognize ...
Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940), is a landmark court decision [1] [2] by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment 's federal protection of religious free exercise incorporates via the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applies to state governments too. [3]
Oklahoma State Regents. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950), was a United States Supreme Court case that prohibited racial segregation in state supported graduate or professional education. [1] The unanimous decision was delivered on the same day as another case involving similar issues, Sweatt v. Painter .
The Fourteenth Amendment has been cited by many cases to implement both substantive and procedural due process. Substantive due process, for example, would be the right to marry someone of a ...