Milliken I

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Milliken I is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of court-ordered school desegregation by restricting interdistrict busing remedies.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark school desegregation case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Milliken I ⓘ
appealedFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
citation 418 U.S. 717 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate July 25, 1974 ⓘ
decisionType 5–4 decision ⓘ
dissentBy Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Justice Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall

Justice William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
Justice William O. Douglas ⓘ
linked to: William O. Douglas
effect contributed to persistence of segregation in urban school districts ⓘ
limited scope of court-ordered school desegregation ⓘ
restricted use of interdistrict busing remedies ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Milliken I ⓘ
holding Desegregation remedies must be limited to the school districts where de jure segregation is proven ⓘ
Federal courts may not impose interdistrict desegregation remedies absent a showing of an interdistrict constitutional violation ⓘ
joinedMajority Justice Byron R. White ⓘ
linked to: Byron R. White

Justice Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Harry A. Blackmun

Justice Potter Stewart ⓘ
linked to: Potter Stewart

Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue de jure versus de facto segregation ⓘ
interdistrict busing ⓘ
school desegregation ⓘ
scope of equitable remedies ⓘ
locationOfDispute Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
longTermImpact narrowed federal courts’ role in dismantling segregated school systems ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger
originatingCourt United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports 717 ⓘ
petitioner William G. Milliken ⓘ
petitionerRole Governor of Michigan ⓘ
principle federalism limits on federal court power over local school districts ⓘ
relatedTo Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ⓘ
remedyAddressed busing of students across school district lines ⓘ
respondent Ronald H. Bradley ⓘ
respondentRole parent of Detroit schoolchildren ⓘ
subsequentRelatedCase Milliken v. Bradley (1977) ⓘ
linked to: Milliken v. Bradley
topic public school segregation in Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 418 ⓘ
yearDecided 1974 ⓘ

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Milliken v. Bradley → shortName → Milliken I ⓘ
Milliken v. Bradley (1974) → hasAlternativeName → Milliken I ⓘ
subject linked to: Milliken I
Milliken v. Bradley (1974) → alsoKnownAs → Milliken I ⓘ
subject linked to: Milliken I