New York ADA violation ruling [US DC] News
New York ADA violation ruling [US DC]

Disability Advocates, Inc. v. Paterson, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, September 8, 2009 [holding that the state of New York has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by segregating mentally ill New York City residents in private homes under poor conditions].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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