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· 4/20/1971

Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 47
  • 91 S. Ct. 1292
  • 28 L. Ed. 2d 590
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 56

How courts have described this case

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  • finding “no case or controversy within the meaning of Art. III” where both parties agreed the law was constitutional and required setting aside a district court order
  • considering “the anomaly that both litigants desire precisely the same result, namely a holding that the anti-busing statute is constitutional,” and holding “[t]here is, therefore, no case or controversy within the meaning of Art. III of the Constitution”
  • both parties to the lawsuit jointly sought a judicial determination that an anti-busing statute was unconstitutional
  • If “both litigants desire precisely the same result,” then “no case or controversy” persists.
  • case dismissed based on lack of case or controversy where both sides argued that an anti-busing law was constitutional, thus “con- front[ing]” the Court “with the anomaly that both litigants desire precise- ly the same result”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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