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· 3/1/1937

Phelps v. Board of Ed. of West New York

Citations

  • 300 U.S. 319
  • 57 S. Ct. 483
  • 81 L. Ed. 674
  • 1937 U.S. LEXIS 75

How courts have described this case

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  • “[W]here a statute is claimed to create a contractual right we give weight to the construction of the statute by the courts of the state.”
  • New Jersey tenure law did not create contract rights for teachers protecting them from salary reductions during Great Depression

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Judges: Roberts

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