Keyes v. School District No. 1

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Keyes v. School District No. 1 is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended school desegregation principles to northern and western districts by recognizing de facto segregation as unconstitutional when caused by intentional discriminatory actions.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark school desegregation case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
arguedDate October 12, 1972 ⓘ
citation 413 U.S. 189 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate June 21, 1973 ⓘ
dissentBy Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber No. 71-507 ⓘ
factPattern challenged racially segregated schools in Denver allegedly created by school board policies such as gerrymandered attendance zones and school site selection ⓘ
fullName Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado ⓘ
geographicScope northern United States school districts ⓘ
western United States school districts ⓘ
holding A finding of intentional segregation in a meaningful portion of a school system creates a presumption that segregation in the entire system is unlawful ⓘ
De facto segregation caused by intentional discriminatory actions by school authorities violates the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Once intentional segregation is shown in a substantial part of a district, the burden shifts to the school authorities to prove that other segregation is not also the result of intentional discrimination ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger

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 Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall

Justice William O. Douglas ⓘ
linked to: William O. Douglas
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalIssue Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
school desegregation ⓘ
locationOfDispute Denver, Colorado ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
petitioner Wilfred Keyes ⓘ
relatedCase Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Milliken v. Bradley ⓘ
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedDoctrine Equal protection ⓘ
de facto segregation ⓘ
de jure segregation ⓘ
remedyType school desegregation orders ⓘ
respondent School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado ⓘ
significance established a framework for proving systemwide intentional segregation in urban school districts ⓘ
extended school desegregation principles beyond the South ⓘ
recognized that intentional actions by school boards creating or maintaining racial segregation are unconstitutional even without explicit segregation statutes ⓘ
subsequentImpact clarified evidentiary burdens in proving intentional school segregation ⓘ
influenced later litigation over urban school desegregation outside the South ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education → relatedTo → Keyes v. School District No. 1 ⓘ
Ronald H. Bradley → relatedTo → Keyes v. School District No. 1 ⓘ
Keyes v. School District No. 1 → fullName → Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Keyes v. School District No. 1