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...outlawed public school segregation in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court has been on the cutting edge of civil rights advances. Now, however, the Justices may be on the verge of a historic rollback. In an unusual move, the court last week considered whether to overturn its 1976 ruling in Runyon v. McCrary, a key civil rights decision. That possibility prompted a flood of briefs from Senators, Congressmen, state attorneys general and civil rights groups urging the court not to overrule Runyon...
...original Runyon case involved two black children's attempts to enroll in racially segregated private schools in Virginia. In ruling for the plaintiffs, the court based its decision on a law passed by Congress in 1866 to ensure the rights of emancipated slaves by granting them the same freedom to "make and enforce contracts" that white citizens had. That law, as interpreted by the court, allowed racial minorities to bring discrimination suits against private parties and, most important, to collect monetary damages...
...looks at it the other way: "Who knows? It could be good. After all, doesn't he come from turmoil?" A little overwhelmed, Tyson says, "When I'm out of boxing, I'm going to tell everyone I'm bankrupt." In a sepia mood again, he adds that "Damon Runyon never wrote about fighters beating up their wife or getting into car accidents...
...ruling that the court will reconsider is Runyon v. McCrary, a 1976 case involving suits by black parents against two all-white private schools. That decision required the Justices to look into the language of laws enacted in the wake of the Civil War, when Congress was seeking to guarantee the rights of newly emancipated blacks. Though the 19th century statutes make no mention of schools, one of them does guarantee all persons the same right "to make and enforce contracts." In the 1976 case, the Justices concluded 7 to 2 that Congress intended the law to forbid segregation...
...Runyon decision became a key element in a fabric of court rulings that forbid racial discrimination in all kinds of private transactions. Although the civil rights laws of the 1960s prohibit discrimination involving housing, employment and public accommodations, they leave many areas of life uncovered. Runyon gave plaintiffs the power to sue for discrimination in just such areas -- for example, a refusal by a shopkeeper to sell to blacks -- and, equally important, to collect monetary damages...