Judicial · Federal
Milliken v. Bradley walls the suburbs off from school desegregation
- Direction
- -1 — harm to Freedmen
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Decided
- Date
- 1974-07-25
Why this rating
Decided July 25, 1974, Milliken v. Bradley barred cross-district busing between Detroit and its suburbs absent proof each suburb had itself discriminated, letting overwhelmingly white suburban districts escape metropolitan desegregation. Rated -1: it sharply limited the reach of Brown, locking in the school segregation that concentrated the lineage in under-resourced urban districts.
Summary
Decided July 25, 1974, Milliken v. Bradley barred cross-district busing between Detroit and its suburbs absent proof each suburb had itself discriminated, letting overwhelmingly white suburban districts escape metropolitan desegregation. Rated -1: it sharply limited the reach of Brown, locking in the school segregation that concentrated the lineage in under-resourced urban districts.
Sources
- Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974) — Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center — court opinion · primary · historical
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