Legal Opinion
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, No. 1
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 2004No. 01-35450PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge GRABER
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
Following the Washington Supreme Court’s resolution of certified state-law questions, we must decide whether the use of race in determining which students will be admitted to oversubscribed high schools in Seattle, Washington, violates the federal Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
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This opinion marks the fourth time a federal court has addressed the Seattle Public Schools’ use of an explicit “racial tiebreaker” in choosing which student applicants it will admit to the City’s most popular public high schools.…
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