Book contents
- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- 509 U.S. 630Supreme Court of the United States
- 528 U.S. 495Supreme Court of the United States
- 418 U.S. 717Supreme Court of the United States
- 275 U.S. 78Supreme Court of the United States
- Supreme Court of the United States
- 551 U.S. 701Supreme Court of the United States
- 477 U.S. 57 (1986)
- Part III Property and Space
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- Part V Justice
551 U.S. 701Supreme Court of the United States
PARENTS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, Petitionerv.SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 1 et al.No. 5–908
from Part II - Participation and Access
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- 509 U.S. 630Supreme Court of the United States
- 528 U.S. 495Supreme Court of the United States
- 418 U.S. 717Supreme Court of the United States
- 275 U.S. 78Supreme Court of the United States
- Supreme Court of the United States
- 551 U.S. 701Supreme Court of the United States
- 477 U.S. 57 (1986)
- Part III Property and Space
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- Part V Justice
Summary
Argued December 4, 2006.Decided June 28, 2007.
Justice Charles LAWRENCE delivered the opinion of the Court.1
Plaintiffs Parents Involved in Community Schools (“Plaintiffs”) brought suit against Seattle School District No. 1 (“Defendant”); challenging an assignment plan that relied in part on racial “tiebreakers” to assign slots in oversubscribed high schools. In a separate action, McFarland v. Jefferson County Public Schools, parent and student plaintiffs challenged a school district’s race-conscious student assignment plan. In the Seattle case, the District Court granted the school district summary judgment, finding, inter alia, that its plan survived strict scrutiny on the federal constitutional claim because it was narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest. The Ninth Circuit affirmed. In the Jefferson County case, the District Court found that the school district had asserted a compelling interest in maintaining racially diverse schools, and that its plan was, in all relevant respects, narrowly tailored to serve that interest. The Sixth Circuit affirmed.
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- Critical Race JudgmentsRewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the Law, pp. 268 - 285Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022