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Wygant Vs. Jackson Bd. of Educ.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 19, 1986

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  10. Wygant v. Jackson
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  11. Bd. of Educ. - 476 U.S. 267 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Wygant v. Jackson
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  12. Bd. of Educ., 476 U.S. 267 (1986) Wygant v. Jackson
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  13. two minority teachers who had been laid off, brought suit in federal court, id. at 30 ( Jackson Education Assn. v. Board
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  14. claims. Rather than taking an appeal, the plaintiffs instituted a suit in state court, Jackson Education Assn. v. Board
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  15. U. S. 1 , 388 U. S. 11 (1967), quoting Hirabayashi v. United
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  16. University of California Regents v. Bakke
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  17. a group that historically has not been subject to governmental discrimination. Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
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  18. Shelley v. Kraemer
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  19. Loving v. Virginia
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  20. Graham v. Richardson
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  21. of racial classifications in order to remedy such discrimination. This Court's reasoning in Hazelwood School District v. United
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  22. Id. at 433 U. S. 307 , quoting Teamsters v. United
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  23. as the justification for, and the limitation on, a State's adoption of race-based remedies. See also Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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  24. the small percentage of black teachers by reference to the small percentage of black students. See United States v. Hazelwood
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  25. idea that black students are better off with black teachers could lead to the very system the Court rejected in Brown v. Board
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  26. under two interrelated constitutional duties. They are under a clear command from this Court, starting with Brown v. Board
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  27. Pursuant to that goal, race-conscious remedial action may be necessary. North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann
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  28. quoting McLaughlin v. Florida
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  29. Id. at 448 U. S. 484 , quoting Franks v. Bowman
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  30. expressed concern over the burden that a preferential layoffs scheme imposes on innocent parties. See Firefighters v. Stotts
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  31. Steelworkers v. Weber
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  32. district collective bargaining agreements constitute state action for purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment. Abood v. Detroit
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  33. Similarly, the Court approved the hiring program in Steelworkers v. Weber
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  34. There are cases involving alteration of strict seniority layoffs, see, e.g., Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
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  35. Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell
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  36. involve the same basic concepts as cases involving hiring goals, illustrate this principle. For example, in DeFunis v. Odegaard
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  37. because of his race, he also had been accepted at the Oregon, Idaho, Gonzaga, and Willamette Law Schools. DeFunis v. Odegaard
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  38. victims of individual discrimination, a court may in an appropriate case award competitive seniority. See Franks v. Bowman
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  39. however defined. See, e.g., Fullilove v. Klutznick
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  40. Women v. Hogan
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  41. rather than attempting to alleviate the wrongs suffered through general societal discrimination. See, e.g., Fullilove v. Klutznick
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  42. Bakke, supra, at 438 U. S. 364 (opinion of BRENNAN, WHITE, MARSHALL, and BLACKMUN, JJ.). Cf. Steelworkers v. Weber
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  43. Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  44. Alexander v. Gardner-Denver
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  45. result that what private employers may voluntarily do to correct apparent violations of Title VII, Steelworkers v. Weber
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  46. absence of a specific finding of past discrimination. See, e.g., United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
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  47. take affirmative steps to eliminate the continuing effects of past unconstitutional discrimination. See, e.g., Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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  48. Green v. New
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  49. those hired that one may draw an inference of deliberate discrimination in employment. See Hazelwood School District v. United
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  50. of discrimination Page 476 U. S. 296 in the Jackson schools were litigated, Jackson Education Assn. v. Board
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