Allen v. Wright
- Decided
- September 18, 1984
- Docket
- 81-757
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 4,763 timesAbrogated on other grounds (not yet verified)Possible negative treatment: abrogated on other grounds, abrogated, overruled on other grounds, abrogated in part on other grounds, abrogated in part, overruled (not yet verified) · Munoz v. PHH Mortgage Corp.
What later courts said
- holding that parents lacked standing to challenge the tax-exempt status of allegedly racially discriminatory private schools to which their children had not applied — United States v. Decastro (2012)
- holding that the "core component" of constitutional standing is that "plaintiff must allege personal injury fairly traceable to the defendant's allegedly unlawful conduct ..." — LA Engy & Power Auth v. FERC (1998)
- holding that causation was lacking where the injury would occur even in the absence of the challenged law — Mosdos Chofetz Chaim, Inc. v. Village of Wesley Hills (2010)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Parents of black public school children allege in this nationwide class action that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has not adopted sufficient standards and procedures to fulfill its obligation to deny tax-exempt status to racially discriminatory private schools. They assert that the IRS thereby harms them directly and interferes with the ability of their [*740] children to receive an education in desegregated public schools. The issue before us is whether plaintiffs have standing to bring this suit. We hold that they do not.
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Statutes cited
Cite this
Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984)Read the full opinion
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