Missouri v. Jenkins (Jenkins II)

After the Kansas City, Missouri, School District and student plaintiffs successfully sued Missouri for maintaining a segregated school system in violation of Brown v. Board of Education, the district court found the district's physical facilities had "literally rotted" and its educational services were substandard, and ordered sweeping remedies — converting most schools into magnet schools and requiring $260 million in capital improvements — funded by a court-ordered increase in the local property tax, since Missouri law did not otherwise let the district raise taxes itself. The Supreme Court limited its review to whether the district court could order that tax increase directly.