Today in Supreme Court History: August 20

Aug 19, 2025
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Metropolitan Co. Board of Education v. Kelley, 453 U.S. 1306 (decided August 20, 1981): Stevens refuses to vacate stay of desegregation order; court that granted stay had greater familiarity with the case, and it would cause confusion if order (affecting 30 schools) went into effect and was later modified by the Sixth Circuit

Rosado v. Wyman, 396 U.S. 1213 (decided August 20, 1969): in suit by welfare recipients challenging new statute which would remove the “floor” of benefit amounts, Harlan refers application to stay enforcement to full Court; the Court eventually ruled in favor of welfare recipients, 397 U.S. 397, 1970

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