Green et al. v. County School Board of New Kent County et al.

Decided May 27, 1968. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 695 · 391 U.S. 430 (1968) · Cited 1,271 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty. · 377 U.S. 218 (1964)
• Cooper v. Aaron · 358 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Louisiana v. United States · 380 U.S. 145 (1965)
• United States v. Crescent Amusement Co. · 323 U.S. 173 (1944)
• Goss v. Board of Ed. of Knoxville · 373 U.S. 683 (1963)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 308 U.S. 241 (1939)
• Bradley v. School Board of Richmond · 382 U.S. 103 (1965)

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• Freeman v. Pitts · 503 U.S. 467 (1992)
• United States v. Fordice · 505 U.S. 717 (1992)
• Bazemore v. Friday · 478 U.S. 385 (1986)
• Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, Denver · 413 U.S. 189 (1973)
• Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell · 498 U.S. 237 (1991)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Wright v. Council of Emporia · 407 U.S. 451 (1972)
• Columbus Board of Education v. Penick · 443 U.S. 449 (1979)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 551 U.S. 701 (2007)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696 (1974)
• United States v. Paradise · 480 U.S. 149 (1987)
• Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board · 396 U.S. 290 (1970)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
• Gilmore v. City of Montgomery · 417 U.S. 556 (1974)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education · 476 U.S. 267 (1986)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler · 427 U.S. 424 (1976)
• Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education · 396 U.S. 19 (1969)
• Palmer v. Thompson · 403 U.S. 217 (1971)
• Norwood v. Harrison · 413 U.S. 455 (1973)

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