Columbus Board of Education et al. v. Penick et al.

Decided July 2, 1979. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-610 · 443 U.S. 449 (1979) · Cited 372 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, Denver · 413 U.S. 189 (1973)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Green v. County School Board of New Kent County · 391 U.S. 430 (1968)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Wright v. Council of Emporia · 407 U.S. 451 (1972)
• Cooper v. Aaron · 358 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Goss v. Board of Ed. of Knoxville · 373 U.S. 683 (1963)
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty. · 377 U.S. 218 (1964)
• United States v. Scotland Neck City Board of Education · 407 U.S. 484 (1972)
• McDaniel v. Barresi · 402 U.S. 39 (1971)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Sandstrom v. Montana · 442 U.S. 510 (1979)
• Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497 (1954)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• United States v. Price · 383 U.S. 787 (1966)
• Ex Parte Virginia · 100 U.S. 339 (1880)
• Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler · 427 U.S. 424 (1976)
• Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education · 396 U.S. 19 (1969)
• Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of Jackson · 391 U.S. 450 (1968)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Freeman v. Pitts · 503 U.S. 467 (1992)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell · 498 U.S. 237 (1991)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Wayte v. United States · 470 U.S. 598 (1985)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 551 U.S. 701 (2007)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Spallone v. United States · 493 U.S. 265 (1990)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 495 U.S. 33 (1990)

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