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Mixon v. State of Ohio

193 F.3d 389 (1999)

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Mixon v. State of Ohio

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
193 F.3d 389 (1999)

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Facts

The Ohio legislature enacted House Bill 269 (HB 269), which created municipal school districts. A municipal school district was defined as a school district that had been subject to a federal court order. Under HB 269, the mayor in a municipal school district was required to appoint the school-board members. Thus, municipal school districts were precluded from electing their school-board members. But nonmunicipal school districts were permitted to elect their school-board members. Before the passage of HB 269, the Cleveland School District had an elected school board with a high turnover rate. Because the Cleveland School District had been subject to a federal court order, it became a municipal school district pursuant to HB 269. Consequently, Michael White (defendant), the mayor of Cleveland, appointed new members to the Cleveland School Board. Tanya Mixon (plaintiff), a taxpayer in the Cleveland School District, brought suit, contending that HB 269 violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court found that HB 269 did not violate the Equal Protection Clause. Mixon appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Kennedy, J.)

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