Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	October 12, 1970 October 13, 1970
gptkbp:category	United States Supreme Court cases 1971 in United States case law United States school desegregation case law
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:402_U.S._1
gptkbp:courtMembership	gptkb:Burger_Court
gptkbp:date	April 20, 1971
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decision	unanimous
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Charlotte-Mecklenburg_Board_of_Education
gptkbp:docketNumber	281
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Swann_et_al._v._Charlotte-Mecklenburg_Board_of_Education_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy	Busing students to promote integration is constitutional. Federal courts are authorized to oversee and produce remedies for state-imposed segregation.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
gptkbp:impact	Expanded federal authority to enforce school desegregation Led to widespread use of busing to achieve integration
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:Civil_Rights gptkb:Education_Law
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Charlotte,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:opinionAuthor	gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Darius_Swann
gptkbp:predecessor	desegregation cases in the United States
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education desegregation busing
gptkbp:unanimousDecision	Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1971_in_American_law gptkb:American_Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6