The education Justice: the Honorable Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.

From: Fordham Urban Law Journal | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: Dodd, Victoria J. | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

The Honorable Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. is "the education Justice" of the United States. During his tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1971 to 1987, Justice Powell authored at least twenty major opinions in education law, in addition to numerous significant concurrences and dissents. Just a sampling of Justice Powell's majority opinions on education could form the bulk of an education law textbook recognizable by any American law student. Among Justice...

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