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Legal Citation: 468 U.S. 737 (1984)

Petitioners
W. Wayne Allen, Donald T. Regan

Respondents
Inez Wright, et al.

Petitioners' Claim
Petitioners claimed that although the suit sought declaratory and injunctive relief, the respondents did not have sufficient standing to bring suit since their children never applied for admission to any private school.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Rex E. Lee, U.S. Solicitor General in case No. 81-970, and William J. Landers II, in case No. 81-757

Chief Lawyer for Respondents
Robert H. Kapp

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor (writing for the Court), Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., John Paul Stevens (Thurgood Marshall did not participate)