Wright v. Regan - American Education

A landmark, 1982 decision by the Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., prohibiting the federal government from granting tax-exempt status to any private school that practices racial discrimination. Although racial discrimination had been banned at any school receiving any form of public funds, the decision extended that ban to schools receiving indirect government benefits in the form of tax exemptions that derived from their status as nonprofit organizations. The decision was appealed to and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.