Classic Cases

Voting Rights Act of 1965: Chicago Campaign, 1966: The Myth of King's National Constituency

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case series examines the events that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Part A traces the development of voting registration drives in Selma, Alabama, and examines their role in furthering voting rights legislation...

Senator Kennedy and the Civil Aeronautics Board: Sequel

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

In 1974, Senator Edward Kennedy, in his role as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedures of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was looking for an issue on which to focus. Kennedy contacted Harvard law professor Stephen...

Senator Kennedy and the Civil Aeronautics Board: Part II

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

In 1974, Senator Edward Kennedy, in his role as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedures of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was looking for an issue on which to focus. Kennedy contacted Harvard law professor Stephen...

Senator Kennedy and the Civil Aeronautics Board: Part I

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

In 1974, Senator Edward Kennedy, in his role as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedures of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was looking for an issue on which to focus. Kennedy contacted Harvard law professor Stephen...

Detroit Fiscal Crisis (Part B: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case concerns a major fiscal problem facing the city of Detroit, and its mayor Coleman Young, in the 1970s. Part A presents a profile of Detroit, a deteriorating manufacturing center with virtually all of the classic symptoms of urban...

Detroit Fiscal Crisis (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case concerns a major fiscal problem facing the city of Detroit, and its mayor Coleman Young, in the 1970s. Part A presents a profile of Detroit, a deteriorating manufacturing center with virtually all of the classic symptoms of urban...

Auto Safety (Part B: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

Until the passage of the National Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety Act in 1966, the issue of car safety had been largely ignored by both the government and automobile industry. This case traces the events that led to the Act's passing. Part A...

Auto Safety (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

Until the passage of the National Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety Act in 1966, the issue of car safety had been largely ignored by both the government and automobile industry. This case traces the events that led to the Act's passing. Part A...

Auto Safety (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

Until the passage of the National Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety Act in 1966, the issue of car safety had been largely ignored by both the government and automobile industry. This case traces the events that led to the Act's passing. Part A...

HEW and Title IX: The Elimination of Sex Discrimination in Education

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

In June of 1973, Gwen Gregory of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office for Civil Rights was chosen to head that department's task force on the regulations to implement Title IX. A provision of the Education Amendments passed...

Hunger in America: 1965-1969 (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

In 1967 Senators Robert Kennedy and Joseph Clark focused national attention on hunger in America with their unscheduled and widely publicized tour of black homes in the Mississippi Delta. This case examines existing federal efforts -- as of...

The Saturday Night Massacre (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

In October 1973, the US Court of Appeals ordered President Nixon to deliver the "Watergate Tapes" to Judge John Sirica's court. This case examines the resulting dispute between Nixon, Attorney General Elliot Richardson, and Special Prosecutor...