Fair housing ruling [US SC] News
Fair housing ruling [US SC]

Meyer v. Holley, Supreme Court of the United States, January 22, 2003 [ruling that although a corporation is vicariously liable under the Fair Housing Act for an employee's discriminatory acts, that liability does not extend to corporate officers and owners]. Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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