Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1

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United States Supreme Court case equal protection case landmark decision

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the use of race in public school student assignment plans under the Equal Protection Clause.

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Parents Involved	0	1
Parents Involved in Community Schools	0	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → equal protection case → landmark decision →
arguedDate	2006-12-04 →
citation	551 U.S. 701 →
concurrenceBy	Anthony M. Kennedy →
consolidatedWith	Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education →
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause → surface form: "Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution"
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	2007-06-28 →
decisionType	plurality decision →
dissentBy	John Paul Stevens → Stephen G. Breyer →
effect	restricted use of explicit racial classifications in K–12 student assignments →
fullName	Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 self-link →
holding	Public school districts may not assign students to schools solely for the purpose of achieving racial integration through explicit racial classifications → The use of race as a tiebreaker in student assignment plans in Seattle and Louisville violated the Equal Protection Clause →
joinedBreyerDissentBy	David H. Souter → John Paul Stevens → Ruth Bader Ginsburg →
joinedPluralityBy	Anthony M. Kennedy → Antonin Scalia → Clarence Thomas → Samuel A. Alito Jr. →
jurisdiction	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
keyPhrase	The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race →
legalIssue	racial classifications in K–12 education → use of race in public school student assignment plans →
locationOfDispute	Seattle, Washington, United States → surface form: "Seattle, Washington"
majorityOpinionBy	John G. Roberts Jr. →
overruledStatus	not overruled →
petitioner	Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 self-linksurface differs → surface form: "Parents Involved in Community Schools"
pluralityOpinionBy	John G. Roberts Jr. →
precedentFor	limitations on voluntary race-based school assignment plans →
relatedCase	Brown v. Board of Education → Gratz v. Bollinger → Grutter v. Bollinger →
relatedDoctrine	compelling governmental interest → narrow tailoring → strict scrutiny →
respondent	Seattle School District No. 1 →
shortName	Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 self-linksurface differs → surface form: "Parents Involved"
subjectMatter	public education → racial integration policies →
term	October Term 2006 →
topic	affirmative action in K–12 education → school desegregation →

Referenced by (5)

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Equal Protection Clause → basisFor → Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 →

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → fullName → Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 self-link →

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs → notableCase → Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 →

subject surface form: "NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund"

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → petitioner → Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: "Parents Involved in Community Schools"

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → shortName → Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: "Parents Involved"