Missouri v. Jenkins (Jenkins III)
United States Supreme Court
515 U.S. 70 (1995)
Relevant factsFree
After the earlier Jenkins II decision held the district court should have enjoined state tax laws rather than directly ordering a property-tax increase to fund Kansas City's desegregation remedies, the Supreme Court took up two further remedial issues stemming from the same sweeping remedial order — converting most schools into magnet schools and mandating $260 million in capital improvements — that aimed both to encourage voluntary desegregation and to raise educational quality for minority students.
IssueFree
Whether a district court exceeds the scope of its remedial jurisdiction in ordering a local tax increase and other remedial measures in order to comply with Brown v. Board of Education.