Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo
| Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo | |||||||
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| Argued November 27, 2001 Decided February 19, 2002 | |||||||
| Full case name | Owasso Independent School District No. I-011, a.k.a. Owasso Public Schools, et al., Petitioners v. Kristja J. Falvo, Parent and Next Friend of Her Minor Children, Elizabeth Pletan, Philip Pletan, and Erica Pletan | ||||||
| Docket nos. | 00-1073 | ||||||
| Citations |
122 S. Ct. 934; 151 L. Ed. 2d 896; 2002 U.S. LEXIS 619; 70 U.S.L.W. 4123; 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Service 1546; 2002 Daily Journal DAR 1869; 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 116 | ||||||
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| Peer grading does not violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. | |||||||
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| Majority | Kennedy, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer | ||||||
| Concurrence | Scalia | ||||||
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| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 | |||||||
Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo, 534 U.S. 426 (2002), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held in favor of the school district that students scoring each other's tests and calling out the grades does not violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion for the unanimous court. Justice Scalia wrote a concurring opinion in which he agreed with the ruling, but took issue with parts of Kennedy's opinion.