Today in Supreme Court History: August 29

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Aug 28, 2024
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Keyes v. Denver School District No. 1, 396 U.S. 1215 (decided August 29, 1969): Brennan vacates Circuit Court’s stay of desegregation plan; Circuit Court’s rationale was to allow time to build public support for plan, but that is not a good enough reason (Denver went through years of litigation with various plans, finally ending in 1991)

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