· 3/19/1985
Bennett v. Kentucky Department of Education
Citations
- 470 U.S. 656
- 105 S. Ct. 1544
- 84 L. Ed. 2d 590
- 1985 U.S. LEXIS 73
- 53 U.S.L.W. 4332
How courts have described this case
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- noting that federal grant programs cannot prospectively resolve every possible “ambiguity” concerning particular applications of their statutory requirements
- finding a violation of the companion no-supplant provision is a substantive, rather than technical, violation
- rejecting claim of insufficient notice under Pennhurst where statute made clear that there were some conditions placed on receipt of federal funds, and noting that Congress need not \specifically identif[y] and proscrib[e]\ each condition in the legislation
- \[T]he background of the actual operation of Title I\ informs a proper understanding of \the fundamental nature of the obligations assumed under Title I.\
- enforcing restriction added five years after adoption of educational program
- limits on state uses of federal funding
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Judges: O'Connor, Burger, Brennan, Marshall, Rehnquist, Stevens, White, Blackmun, Powell
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