The Supreme Court held that a certified class action does not become moot merely because the named plaintiff's individual claim ripens during appeal — Carol Sosna having satisfied Iowa's one-year residency requirement and obtained a divorce in New York — so long as there was a live controversy at filing and at…
Supreme Court of the United States, 1975
Published opinions from 1975. The case name opens the case page.
1975 opinions
SCOTUSBowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.
December 23, 1974419 U.S. 281
The Supreme Court reversed a three-judge District Court's invalidation of an Interstate Commerce Commission order granting motor-carrier certificates to Red Ball, Bowman, and Johnson over competing carriers' objections. Applying the narrow arbitrary-and-capricious standard of 5 U.S.C.
The Court affirmed relief requiring Missouri officials to provide comparable Title I services to eligible private-school children, while holding that Title I does not require identical services or on-premises instruction in private schools.