Crystal D. Meredith, Custodial Parent and Next Friend of Joshua Ryan McDonald v. Jefferson County Board of Education, et al.

Subject:

Equal Protection, Public Schools, Racial Diversity, Fourteenth Amendment

1. Should Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) and Regents of University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 268 (1978) and Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003) be overturned and/or misapplied by the Respondent, the Jefferson County Board of Education to use race as the sole factor to assign students to the regular (non-traditional) schools in the Jefferson County Public Schools?
   
   
2. Whether the race-conscious Student Assignment Plan with mechanical and inflexible quota systems of not less than 15% nor greater than 50% of African American students without individually or holistic review of any student, meets the Fourteenth Amendment requirement of the use of race which is a compelling interest narrowly tailored with strict scrutiny.
   
   
3. Did the District Court abuse and/or exceed its remedial judicial authority in maintaining desegregative attractiveness in the Public Schools of Jefferson County, Kentucky?

• U.S. Court of Appeals - 6th Circuit Opinion Filed: July 21, 2005
• United States Supreme Court, Cert. Granted: June 5, 2006

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket

Briefs: Merits Phase Petitioner's Brief - Coming Soon Respondents' Brief Amici Supporting Petitioner Coming Soon Amici Supporting Respondents Amici Brief of the Nat'l Sch. Bds. Ass'n, et al. Amici Brief of Hon. Clifford Alexander, et al. Amicus Brief of Anti-Defamation League Amici Brief of the Am. Psychological Ass'n, et al. Amici Brief of Former Chancellors Amici Brief of Historians Amicus Brief of the Civil Rights Clinic at Howard Univ. Amici Brief of the Leadership Conf. on Civil Rights, et al. Amici Brief of Media & Telecom. Cos. Amicus Brief of the NAACP Amici Brief of Nat'l Educ. Ass'n, et al. Amici Brief of the Nat'l Women's Law Ctr., et al. Amici Brief of Former U.S. Secretaries of Educ., et al. Amici Brief of Professors, et al.

Counsel of Record For Petitioners Crystal D. Meredith: Teddy B. Gordon Louisville, KY For Respondents Jefferson County     Board of Education, et al.: Francis J. Mellen Jr. Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP Louisville, KY

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