Supreme Court Opinion on School Diversity

From the New York Times: "Voting 5 to 4, the court, in an opinion by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., invalidated programs in Seattle and metropolitan Louisville, Ky., that sought to maintain school-by-school diversity by limiting transfers on the basis of race or using race as a 'tiebreaker' for admission to particular schools."

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1

Docket no. 05-908

Questions presented

Supreme Court opinion

Transcript of oral arguments

Merits briefs

Lower court opinion (9th Circuit Court of Appeals)

Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, et al.

Docket no. 05-915

Questions presented

Supreme Court opinion (same as Seattle case)

Transcript of oral arguments

Merits briefs

Lower court opinion (6th Circuit Court of Appeals)

Source: Greenhouse, Linda. "Justices Reject Diversity Plans in Two Districts." New York Times June 29, 2007.