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{{Infobox SCOTUS case
| Litigants = Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo
| ArgueDate = November 27
| ArgueYear = 2001
| DecideDate = February 19
| DecideYear = 2002
| FullName = OWASSO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. I-011, AKA OWASSO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ET AL. v. FALVO, PARENT AND NEXT FRIEND OF HER MINOR CHILDREN, PLETAN, ET AL.
| USVol = 534
| USPage = 426
| ParallelCitations = 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
| Docket = 00-1073
| OralReargument = https://www.oyez.org/cases/2001/00-1073
| Prior = 146 [[F. Supp. 2d]] [https://www.leagle.com/decision/19991283146fsupp2d113711198 1137] ([[N.D. Okla.]] 1999); affirmed in part, reversed in part, 233 [[F.3d]] [https://www.leagle.com/decision/20001436233f3d120311291 1203] ([[10th Cir.]] 2000); rehearing ''[[en banc]]'' denied, 233 [[F.3d]] [https://www.leagle.com/decision/20001434233f3d120111290 1201] ([[10th Cir.]] 2000); [[Certiorari|cert]]. granted, {{ussc|533|927|2001|el=no}}.
| Subsequent =
| Holding = Peer grading does not violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
| Majority = [[Anthony Kennedy|Kennedy]]
| JoinMajority = Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
| Concurrence = Scalia (in judgment)
| LawsApplied = [[Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act]]
}}
'''''Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo''''', 534 U.S. 426 (2002), was a case in which the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] held in favor of [[Owasso Public Schools|Owasso Independent School District]] that students scoring each other's tests and calling out the grades do not violate the [[Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act]] of 1974 (FERPA). [[Supreme court Justice|Justice]] [[Anthony Kennedy|Kennedy]] wrote the [[Legal opinion|opinion]] of the court. Justice [[Antonin Scalia|Scalia]] wrote a [[concurring opinion]] in which he agreed with the ruling but took issue with parts of Kennedy's opinion. The case originated in the District Court of and for [[Tulsa County, Oklahoma|Tulsa County]], [[Oklahoma]], where the court ruled in Owasso's favor. Falvo appealed to the [[United States district court|United States District Court]] for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma|Northern District of Oklahoma]], where they overturned the district judge's decision and ruled in favor of Falvo. It was then appealed to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit]], where they partially reversed the lower court's judgment and partially affirmed it. They affirmed in regards to the 14th Amendment complaint, but reversed on the FERPA claim, stating that the [[peer grading]] act did violate the terms of FERPA. The [[Board of education|school board]] then appealed this to the Supreme Court of the United States, where it was heard on November 27, 2001, and decided on February 19, 2002.
==External links==
* {{caselaw source
| case = ''Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo'', {{Ussc|534|426|2002|el=no}}
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| findlaw = https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/534/426.html
| googlescholar = https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3859044527801586319
| justia =https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/534/426/case.html
| loc =http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep534/usrep534426/usrep534426.pdf
| oyez =https://www.oyez.org/cases/2001/00-1073
}}
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