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Sailors v. Board of Educ. Of Kent County, 387 U.S. 105 (1967)
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Sailors v. Board of Educ. Of Kent County, 387 U.S. 105 (1967)
Sailors v. Board of Education of the County of Kent No. 430 Argued April 17-18, 1967 Decided May 22, 1967 387 U.S. 105
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
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Appellants brought this suit seeking, inter alia, to enjoin as violative of the Fourteenth Amendment enforcement of a Michigan statute under which appellee school board and other county school boards are chosen not by the electors of the county, but by delegates from the local boards from candidates nominated by school electors. A three-judge district court, rejecting appellants’ contention that the system paralleled the county-unit system invalidated in Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368, dismissed the complaint.
Held:
1. A three-judge court was properly convened, since the challenged statute has general and statewide application. Moody v. Flowers, ante, p. 97, distinguished. P. 107.
2. There is no constitutional reason why nonlegislative state or local officials may not be chosen otherwise than by elections. The functions of appellee school board are essentially administrative, and the elective-appointive system used to select its members is well within the State’s latitude in the selection of such officials. Pp. 107-111.
254 F.Supp. 17, affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Sailors v. Board of Educ. Of Kent County, 387 U.S. 105 (1967) in 387 U.S. 105 387 U.S. 106. Original Sources, accessed June 17, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZHJ253ZPXQHB45H.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Sailors v. Board of Educ. Of Kent County, 387 U.S. 105 (1967), in 387 U.S. 105, page 387 U.S. 106. Original Sources. 17 Jun. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZHJ253ZPXQHB45H.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Sailors v. Board of Educ. Of Kent County, 387 U.S. 105 (1967). cited in 1967, 387 U.S. 105, pp.387 U.S. 106. Original Sources, retrieved 17 June 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZHJ253ZPXQHB45H.
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