Legal Opinion
United States v. Fordice
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1992No. 90-1205PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In 1954, this Court held that the concept of “ ‘separate but equal’ ” has no place in the field of public education. Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U. S. 483, 495 (Brown I). The following year, the Court ordered an end to segregated public education “with all deliberate speed.” Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U. S. 294, 301 (1955) (Brown II). Since these decisions, the Court has had many occasions to evaluate whether a public school district has met its affirmative obligation to dismantle its prior de jure segregated system in elementary and secondary schools. In these cases we decide what…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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