Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur

Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 15, 1973 Decided January 21, 1974
Full case name	Cleveland Board of Education v. Jo Carol LaFleur
Citations	414 U.S. 632 (more) 94 S. Ct. 791; 39 L. Ed. 2d 52; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 44; 6 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1253; 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 9072; 67 Ohio Op. 2d 126
Case history
Prior	La Fleur v. Cleveland Bd. of Education, 326 F. Supp. 1208 (N.D. Ohio 1971); reversed, 465 F.2d 1184 (6th Cir. 1972); cert. granted, 411 U.S. 947 (1973). Cohen v. Chesterfield County Sch. Bd., 326 F. Supp. 1159 (E.D. Va. 1971); reversed, 474 F.2d 395 (4th Cir. 1973); cert. granted, 411 U.S. 947 (1973).
Holding
Overly restrictive maternity leave regulations in public schools violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	Stewart, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun
Concurrence	Douglas
Concurrence	Powell
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Burger
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. V, XIV

Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, 414 U.S. 632 (1974), found that overly restrictive maternity leave regulations in public schools violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment.^[1]