Crystal D. Meredith
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Crystal D. Meredith is the parent whose legal challenge to a public school district’s student assignment plan led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education on the use of race in school placements.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
litigant
ⓘ
parent ⓘ person ⓘ |
| arguedThat | use of race in student assignment violated Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| assertedConstitutionalClaimUnder | Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchoolDistrict | Jefferson County Public Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseCategory |
Equal Protection Clause jurisprudence
ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| caseCitation | Meredith v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ., 551 U.S. 701 (2007) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseDecidedIn | 2007 ⓘ |
| caseGroupedWith | Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseHeardBy | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseImplication |
influenced nationwide school desegregation and diversity policies
ⓘ
limited use of race as a factor in public school student assignment ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeCharacterization | landmark decision on use of race in K–12 school assignments ⓘ |
| challenged | Jefferson County Public Schools student assignment plan ⓘ |
| challengedPolicyOnBasisOf | use of race in student assignment ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filedLawsuitAgainst | Jefferson County Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | Joshua Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | constitutional litigation over voluntary integration plans ⓘ |
| legalActionConcerned |
public school assignment
ⓘ
racial classification in school placements ⓘ school desegregation plan ⓘ |
| legalStandingAs | parent of a denied transferee student ⓘ |
| notableFor | Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOfStudentAt | Jefferson County Public Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residesIn | Jefferson County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInCase | plaintiff ⓘ |
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