Keyes v. School District No. 1

Petitioners

Keyes, et al.

Respondent

School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado

Petitioners' Claim

That the deliberate segregation of Park Hill neighborhood schools rendered the entire Denver Public School system liable to enforced desegregation.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioners

James M. Nabrit III, Gordon G. Greiner

Chief Lawyer for Respondents

William K. Ris

Justices for the Court

Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting

William H. Rehnquist (Byron R. White did not participate)

Place

Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision

21 June 1973

Decision

Stated that segregation of any portion of a school system showed prima facie evidence of overall segregation.

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• Green v. County School Board, 391 U.S. 430 (1968).
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• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971).
• Milliken v. Bradley, 433 U.S. 267 (1974).
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman, 439 U.S. 1358 (1979).
• Columbus Board of Education v. Pennick, 443 U.S. 526 (1979).