· 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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