Board of Trustees of Village of Scarsdale v. Creary, 84-277
| Decision Date | 27 March 1985 |
| Docket Number | No. 84-277,84-277 |
| Citation | 471 U.S. 83,85 L.Ed.2d 63,105 S.Ct. 1859 |
| Parties | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE, et al., petitioners, v. Kathleen S. McCREARY et al |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
On writ of
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Justice POWELL took no part in the decision of this case.
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