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Board of Educ. Vs. Dowell

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 01, 1991

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  1. Sweatt Vs. Painter US Supreme Court · Jun 05, 1950
  2. U.S. 237 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Board of Educ. v. Dowell
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  3. U.S. 237 (1991) Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell
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  4. United States v. Swift
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  5. of the Board. Pp. 498 U. S. 246 -248. (b) The Court of Appeals also erred in relying on United States v. W.T
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  6. school system -- one that was intentionally segregated by race. Dowell v. School
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  7. zoning failed to remedy past segregation because residential segregation resulted in one-race schools. Dowell v. School
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  8. Dowel v. Board
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  9. was res judicata as to those who were then parties to the action, and that the district remained unitary. Dowell v. Board
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  10. concluded that court-ordered desegregation must end. The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed, Dowell v. Board
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  11. Id. at 1486. Relying on United States v. Swift
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  12. F.2d at 1504 (quoting Dayton Bd. of Education v. Brinkman
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  13. resolve a conflict between the standard laid down by the Court of Appeals in this case and that laid down in Spangler v. Pasadena
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  14. City Board of Education, 611 F.2d 1239 (CA9 1979), and Riddick v. School
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  15. identify a school district that has completely remedied all vestiges of past discrimination. See, e.g., United States v. Overton
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  16. Riddick v. School
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  17. Vaughns v. Board
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  18. CA4 1985). Under that interpretation of the word, a unitary school district is one that has met the mandate of Brown v. Board
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  19. of Education, 349 U. S. 294 (1955), and Green v. New
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  20. of past discrimination. That there is such confusion is evident in Georgia State Conference of Branches of NAACP v. Georgia
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  21. The court explained that a school district that has not operated segregated schools as proscribed by Green v. New
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  22. Kent County School Board, supra, and Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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  23. of the district, it did not finally terminate the Oklahoma City school litigation. In Pasadena City Bd of Education v. Spangler
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  24. from the court. III The Court of Appeals relied upon language from this Court's decision in United States v. Swift
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  25. F.2d at 1491, relying on United States v. W.T
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  26. It was in this context that the language relied upon by the Court of Appeals in this case was used. United States v. United
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  27. is required of the school board. In Milliken v. Bradley
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  28. citizens to participate in decisionmaking, and allows innovation so that school programs can fit local needs. Milliken v. Bradley
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  29. San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
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  30. systems not extend beyond the time required to remedy the effects of past intentional discrimination. See Milliken v. Bradley
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  31. Spangler v. Pasadena
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  32. on our decision in United States v. W.T
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  33. then evaluate the Board's decision to implement the SRP under appropriate equal protection principles. See Washington v. Davis
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  34. Arlington Heights v. Page
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  35. of a school desegregation decree must reflect the central aim of our school desegregation precedents. In Brown v. Board
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  36. de jure segregated school districts take all feasible steps to eliminate racially identifiable schools. See Green v. New
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  37. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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  38. of Afro-American children Page 498 U. S. 253 from all other races in the public school system. Dowell v. School
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  39. at 433-434. Matters did not change in Oklahoma City after this Court's decision in Brown I and Brown v. Board
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  40. Dowell v. School
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  41. de jure segregated school districts to come forward with realistic plans for immediate relief, see Green v. New
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  42. Dowell v. Board
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  43. as incorporated in the decree, have been fully achieved. Ante at 498 U. S. 247 , citing United States v. Swift
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  44. Co., 286 U. S. 106 (1932). See United States v. United
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  45. Pasadena City Bd of Education v. Spangler
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  46. In the decisions leading up to Brown I, the Court had attempted to curtail the ugly legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson
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  47. considerations. See, e.g., Sweatt v. Painter
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  48. Sipuel v. Board
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  49. inform the standard by which the Court determines the effectiveness of a proposed desegregation remedy. See Green v. New
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  50. inflict the stigmatizing injury that Brown I sought to cure. Page 498 U. S. 259 Ibid. Accord, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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