Milliken v. Bradley
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Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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| Milliken v. Bradley (Milliken II) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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education law case ⓘ landmark school desegregation case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | February 27, 1974 ⓘ |
| citation | 418 U.S. 717 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Equal Protection Clause
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Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | July 25, 1974 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
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Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
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Justice Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
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Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
William O. Douglas ⓘ
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Justice William O. Douglas
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| docketNumber | 73-434 ⓘ |
| effect |
contributed to continued racial segregation between urban and suburban school districts
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limited the reach of metropolitan-wide desegregation plans ⓘ |
| fullName | Milliken v. Bradley self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
Federal courts may not impose multi-district, area-wide desegregation plans absent a showing that multiple districts had deliberately engaged in a common, interdistrict constitutional violation
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Without proof of interdistrict segregation, remedies must be limited to the district where a constitutional violation is found ⓘ |
| issue | scope of federal court power to order interdistrict school desegregation remedies ⓘ |
| joinedMajority |
Byron R. White
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Justice Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
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Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Potter Stewart ⓘ
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Justice Potter Stewart
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
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Justice William H. Rehnquist
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| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
de jure segregation must be shown on an interdistrict basis to justify interdistrict remedies
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school desegregation remedies must be commensurate with the nature and scope of the constitutional violation ⓘ |
| locationOfUnderlyingDispute |
Detroit
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Detroit, Michigan
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| majorityOpinionBy |
Warren E. Burger
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Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
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| page | 717 ⓘ |
| petitioner | William G. Milliken, Governor of Michigan ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | binding precedent on interdistrict desegregation remedies in U.S. federal courts ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | April 24, 1974 ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Milliken v. Bradley
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Milliken v. Bradley (Milliken II)
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| relatedTo |
Brown v. Board of Education
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ⓘ |
| remedyTypeConsidered | cross-district busing ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Ronald H. Bradley et al. ⓘ |
| shortName | Milliken I ⓘ |
| topic |
busing for school integration
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federal courts’ equitable powers ⓘ school desegregation ⓘ |
| volume | 418 ⓘ |
| vote | 5–4 ⓘ |
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs
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Milliken v. Bradley (Milliken II)