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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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
education law case ⓘ
landmark school desegregation case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
arguedDate February 27, 1974 ⓘ
citation 418 U.S. 717 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate July 25, 1974 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy 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
docketNumber 73-434 ⓘ
effect contributed to continued racial segregation between urban and suburban school districts ⓘ
limited the reach of metropolitan-wide desegregation plans ⓘ
fullName Milliken v. Bradley ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 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 federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalPrinciple de jure segregation must be shown on an interdistrict basis to justify interdistrict remedies ⓘ
school desegregation remedies must be commensurate with the nature and scope of the constitutional violation ⓘ
locationOfUnderlyingDispute Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger
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 (Milliken II) ⓘ
linked to: Milliken v. Bradley
relatedTo Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
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 ⓘ
federal courts’ equitable powers ⓘ
school desegregation ⓘ
volume 418 ⓘ
vote 5–4 ⓘ

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Milliken v. Bradley (1974) → subsequentRelatedCase → Milliken v. Bradley (1977) ⓘ
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Warren Burger Court → notableCase → Milliken v. Bradley ⓘ
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Ronald H. Bradley → caseCitation → Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974) ⓘ
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Keyes v. School District No. 1 → relatedCase → Milliken v. Bradley ⓘ