Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982)

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Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state initiative restricting school busing for desegregation as an unconstitutional restructuring of the political process to the detriment of racial minorities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
education law case ⓘ
appliedStandardOfReview strict scrutiny ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
citation 458 U.S. 457 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1982 ⓘ
decisionType majority decision ⓘ
decisionYear 1982 ⓘ
dissentBy Byron R. White ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
effect limited states’ ability to use initiatives to block local school desegregation efforts ⓘ
holding a state may not restructure the political process in a way that places special burdens on racial minorities seeking beneficial legislation ⓘ
a statewide initiative that removes from local school boards the authority to adopt voluntary desegregative busing plans violates the Equal Protection Clause when it singles out racial issues for different treatment ⓘ
issue constitutionality of a state initiative restricting school busing for desegregation ⓘ
joinedByInMajority John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
keyword desegregation busing ⓘ
political restructuring ⓘ
racial minorities ⓘ
state initiative ⓘ
legalDoctrine political process doctrine ⓘ
legalPrinciple the state may not use the political process to make it more difficult for racial minorities to obtain legislation in their interest ⓘ
locationOfSchoolDistrict Seattle, Washington ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
party Seattle School District No. 1 ⓘ
State of Washington ⓘ
proceduralPosture appeal from the Supreme Court of Washington ⓘ
relatedTo Hunter v. Erickson, 393 U.S. 385 (1969) ⓘ
Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967) ⓘ
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, 572 U.S. 291 (2014) ⓘ
remedy invalidated state initiative restricting desegregative busing ⓘ
stateInvolved Washington ⓘ
struckDown Washington State Initiative 350 ⓘ
subjectMatter racial discrimination in education ⓘ
school desegregation ⓘ
student busing ⓘ

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Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (dissent on affirmative action) → reliesOnPrecedent → Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982) ⓘ
Hunter v. Erickson, 393 U.S. 385 (1969) → relatedCase → Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982) ⓘ
Chief Justice John Roberts’s concurrence in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action → distinguishesFrom → Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 ⓘ
linked to: Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
Justice Stephen Breyer’s concurrence in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action → distinguishes → Schuette from Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 ⓘ
linked to: Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982)