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WASHINGTON et al. v. SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 et al.

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 1982
Decided: June 30, 1982
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

WASHINGTON et al. v. SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1982. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1982.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 458 U.S. 457
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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