Pasadena City Board of Education et al. v. Spangler et al.

Decided June 28, 1976. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-164 · 427 U.S. 424 (1976) · Cited 457 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• System Federation No. 91 v. Wright · 364 U.S. 642 (1961)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
• United States v. Swift & Co. · 286 U.S. 106 (1932)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Green v. County School Board of New Kent County · 391 U.S. 430 (1968)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• Board of School Comm'rs of Indianapolis v. Jacobs · 420 U.S. 128 (1975)
• United States v. Montgomery County Board of Education · 395 U.S. 225 (1969)

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• Freeman v. Pitts · 503 U.S. 467 (1992)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper · 445 U.S. 326 (1980)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell · 498 U.S. 237 (1991)
• United States v. Sanchez-Gomez · 584 U.S. 381 (2018)
• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
• Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
• Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail · 502 U.S. 367 (1992)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 478 U.S. 421 (1986)
• Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson · 475 U.S. 717 (1986)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
• Columbus Board of Education v. Penick · 443 U.S. 449 (1979)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
• Bowen v. American Hospital Assn. · 476 U.S. 610 (1986)
• GTE Sylvania, Inc. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. · 445 U.S. 375 (1980)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)
• United States v. Fordice · 505 U.S. 717 (1992)

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