Runyon v. McCrary
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Runyon v. McCrary is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that federal civil rights law prohibits private, commercially operated schools from denying admission to students on the basis of race.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Runyon v. McCrary canonical | 3 |
| Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160 (1976) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7093948 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Runyon v. McCrary Context triple: [Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, relatedCase, Runyon v. McCrary]
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Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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B.
Corrigan v. Buckley
Corrigan v. Buckley is a 1926 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the enforceability of racially restrictive covenants in property deeds, paving the way for widespread legalized housing segregation until later overturned in effect by subsequent civil rights rulings.
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C.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Romer v. Evans
Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Runyon v. McCrary Target entity description: Runyon v. McCrary is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that federal civil rights law prohibits private, commercially operated schools from denying admission to students on the basis of race.
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A.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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B.
Corrigan v. Buckley
Corrigan v. Buckley is a 1926 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the enforceability of racially restrictive covenants in property deeds, paving the way for widespread legalized housing segregation until later overturned in effect by subsequent civil rights rulings.
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C.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Romer v. Evans
Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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civil rights case ⓘ |
| affects | private, commercially operated, nonsectarian schools ⓘ |
| arguedDate |
1975-11-03
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1975-11-04 ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
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United States Supreme Court cases on civil rights ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases on education ⓘ |
| citation | 427 U.S. 160 ⓘ |
| constitutionalContext | Thirteenth Amendment enforcement power ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1976-06-25 ⓘ |
| dissentBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| fullName |
Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
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linked to:
Runyon v. McCrary
|
| impact | clarified that private schools open to the public cannot exclude students on the basis of race under federal civil rights law ⓘ |
| joinedByMajority |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| legalHolding |
42 U.S.C. § 1981 applies to private, commercially operated, nonsectarian schools that deny admission to prospective students because of race
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Federal civil rights law prohibits private, commercially operated schools from denying admission to students on the basis of race ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
application of federal civil rights statutes to private actors
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racial discrimination in private school admissions ⓘ scope of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 ⓘ |
| locationOfDispute | Virginia ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Potter Stewart ⓘ |
| petitioner | Runyon ⓘ |
| precedentFor | application of § 1981 to private contractual relationships ⓘ |
| prohibits | racially discriminatory admissions policies by private, commercially operated schools ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
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Patterson v. McLean Credit Union ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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racial segregation in education ⓘ |
| respondent |
McCrary
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linked to:
Michael McCrary
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| statuteInterpreted | 42 U.S.C. § 1981 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
anti-discrimination law
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contracts and civil rights ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| usReportsPage | 160 ⓘ |
| usReportsVolume | 427 ⓘ |
| vote | 8-1 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1976 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Runyon v. McCrary Description of subject: Runyon v. McCrary is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that federal civil rights law prohibits private, commercially operated schools from denying admission to students on the basis of race.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Runyon v. McCrary