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BENDER v. WILLIAMSPORT AREA SCHOOL DIST.

No. 84-773.

475 U.S. 534 (1986)

BENDER ET AL. v. WILLIAMSPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Smart, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Samuel Eric Hans Ericsson, Lynn Robert Buzzard, Kimberlee Wood Colby, Curran Tiffany, Gerald W. Seevers, and Michael Joseph Woodruff.

Deputy Solicitor General Fried argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Willard, Michael W. McConnell, Anthony J. Steinmeyer, and Robert V. Zener.

John C. Youngman, Jr., pro se, argued the cause for respondents and filed a brief for himself.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case raises an important question of federal appellate jurisdiction that was not considered by the Court of Appeals: Whether one member of a School Board has standing to appeal from a declaratory judgment against the Board. We conclude that although the School Board itself had a sufficient stake in the outcome of the litigation to appeal, an individual Board member...

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