Estes v. Metropolitan Branches of the Dallas NAACP

Mr. Justice Powell, with whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Rehnquist join,

dissenting.

The Court today dismisses the writs previously granted in this litigation and thereby reinstates the ruling of the Court of Appeals. The suit now will be returned to the District Court for elaboration of that court’s conclusions on the feasibility of extensive busing to achieve racial balance in the Dallas public schools. The Court of Appeals directed the trial court to supplement the record with formal studies of the anticipated times and distances of likely bus routes, and to make additional findings…