Dayton Board of Education et al. v. Brinkman et al.

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

Docket 78-627 · 443 U.S. 526 (1979) · Cited 288 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, Denver · 413 U.S. 189 (1973)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
• Wright v. Council of Emporia · 407 U.S. 451 (1972)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Green v. County School Board of New Kent County · 391 U.S. 430 (1968)
• Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty. · 402 U.S. 33 (1971)
• United States v. Scotland Neck City Board of Education · 407 U.S. 484 (1972)

Cited by

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

• Freeman v. Pitts · 503 U.S. 467 (1992)
• Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell · 498 U.S. 237 (1991)
• United States v. Fordice · 505 U.S. 717 (1992)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint · 456 U.S. 273 (1982)
• Miller v. Fenton · 474 U.S. 104 (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)
• City of Rome v. United States · 446 U.S. 156 (1980)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)

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