Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982)

E809989

United States Supreme Court case civil rights case education law case

Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state initiative restricting school busing for desegregation as an unconstitutional restructuring of the political process to the detriment of racial minorities.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982) canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ civil rights case ⓘ education law case ⓘ
appliedStandardOfReview	strict scrutiny ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ education policy ⓘ
citation	458 U.S. 457 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1982 ⓘ
decisionType	majority decision ⓘ
decisionYear	1982 ⓘ
dissentBy	Byron R. White NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ
effect	limited states’ ability to use initiatives to block local school desegregation efforts ⓘ
holding	a state may not restructure the political process in a way that places special burdens on racial minorities seeking beneficial legislation ⓘ a statewide initiative that removes from local school boards the authority to adopt voluntary desegregative busing plans violates the Equal Protection Clause when it singles out racial issues for different treatment ⓘ
issue	constitutionality of a state initiative restricting school busing for desegregation ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren E. Burger NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
keyword	desegregation busing ⓘ political restructuring ⓘ racial minorities ⓘ state initiative ⓘ
legalDoctrine	political process doctrine ⓘ
legalPrinciple	the state may not use the political process to make it more difficult for racial minorities to obtain legislation in their interest ⓘ
locationOfSchoolDistrict	Seattle, Washington GENERATED ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED ⓘ
party	Seattle School District No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
proceduralPosture	appeal from the Supreme Court of Washington ⓘ
relatedTo	Hunter v. Erickson, 393 U.S. 385 (1969) NERFINISHED ⓘ Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967) NERFINISHED ⓘ Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, 572 U.S. 291 (2014) NERFINISHED ⓘ
remedy	invalidated state initiative restricting desegregative busing ⓘ
stateInvolved	Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
struckDown	Washington State Initiative 350 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	racial discrimination in education ⓘ school desegregation ⓘ student busing ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (dissent on affirmative action) → reliesOnPrecedent → Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982) ⓘ