Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1
United States Supreme Court
458 U.S. 457 (1982)
Relevant factsFree
After Seattle's school district voluntarily adopted mandatory busing to achieve racial integration (the Seattle Plan), opponents placed Initiative 350 on the statewide ballot to bar any school board from assigning students to schools other than their nearest one; lower courts invalidated the initiative as targeting only desegregation busing, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.
IssueFree
Whether a state may restructure its legislative or political process based specifically on race-conscious factors.