Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education

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United States Supreme Court case equal protection case school desegregation case

Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education was a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the use of race in public school student assignment plans as part of broader litigation over voluntary school desegregation.

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Label	Occurrences
Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education canonical	2
Meredith v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.	1
Meredith v. Jefferson County Public Schools	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1538516 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
Context triple: [Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, consolidatedWith, Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education]

A. Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
B. Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that schools receiving federal funds can be liable under Title IX for student-on-student sexual harassment when they are deliberately indifferent to known acts of harassment that are severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive.
C. Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established students can seek monetary damages for intentional sex discrimination under Title IX.
D. Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funding.
E. Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
Target entity description: Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education was a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the use of race in public school student assignment plans as part of broader litigation over voluntary school desegregation.

A. Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
B. Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that schools receiving federal funds can be liable under Title IX for student-on-student sexual harassment when they are deliberately indifferent to known acts of harassment that are severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive.
C. Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established students can seek monetary damages for intentional sex discrimination under Title IX.
D. Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funding.
E. Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ equal protection case ⓘ school desegregation case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Meredith v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ. ⓘ linked to: Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education Meredith v. Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ linked to: Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
arguedDate	December 4, 2006 ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision	John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.
citation	127 S. Ct. 2738 ⓘ 168 L. Ed. 2d 508 ⓘ 551 U.S. 701 ⓘ
concurringOpinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
consolidatedWith	Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decade	2000s ⓘ
decidedDate	June 28, 2007 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	John Paul Stevens ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
docketNumber	05-915 ⓘ
fullName	Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education ⓘ
holding	The Jefferson County school district’s use of individual students’ race in assigning students to schools violated the Equal Protection Clause. ⓘ The asserted interest in achieving racial diversity and avoiding racial isolation did not justify the specific race-based assignment methods used. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
languageOfProceeding	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ linked to: Equal Protection Clause constitutionality of voluntary school desegregation plans ⓘ use of race in public school student assignment ⓘ
locationOfCourt	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.
originatingCity	Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
originatingSchoolDistrict	Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ
originatingState	Kentucky ⓘ
petitioner	Crystal D. Meredith ⓘ
pluralityOpinionBy	John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.
precedentFor	limits on race-conscious student assignment policies ⓘ
relatedCase	Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 ⓘ
relatedTo	racial balancing in public schools ⓘ voluntary school desegregation ⓘ
respondent	Jefferson County Board of Education ⓘ linked to: Jefferson County Schools Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ
standardOfReview	strict scrutiny ⓘ
subjectMatter	public school assignment plans ⓘ racial classifications in education ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → consolidatedWith → Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education ⓘ

Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education → fullName → Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education ⓘ

Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education → alsoKnownAs → Meredith v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ. ⓘ

linked to: Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education

Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education → alsoKnownAs → Meredith v. Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ