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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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund notableCase Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley fullName Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley relatedCase Milliken v. Bradley (Milliken II)
linked to: Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley (1974) subsequentRelatedCase Milliken v. Bradley (1977)
subject linked to: Milliken I
linked to: Milliken v. Bradley
Ronald H. Bradley et al. legalAction Milliken v. Bradley
Ronald H. Bradley et al. caseCitation Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
linked to: Milliken v. Bradley
Warren Burger Court notableCase Milliken v. Bradley