Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver

Keyes v. School District No. 1
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 12, 1972 Decided June 21, 1973
Full case name	Wilfred Keyes et al. v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado, et al.
Citations	413 U.S. 189 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan, Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	Brennan, joined by Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun, Burger (in result)
Concurrence	Douglas
Concur/dissent	Powell
Dissent	Rehnquist
White took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, 413 U.S. 189 (1973), was a United States Supreme Court case that claimed de facto segregation had affected a substantial part of the school system and therefore was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. The entire district in Denver, Colorado must be desegregated. In this case black and Hispanic parents filed suit against all Denver schools due to racial segregation. The decision on this case, written by Justice William J. Brennan, was key in defining de facto segregation. Brennan found that although there were no official laws supporting segregation in Denver, "the Board, through its actions over a period of years, intentionally created and maintained the segregated character of the core city schools."^[1] The issue of "intent" would become a key factor in the Boston case.

References

1. Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver Colorado. 413 U.S. 189 (June 21, 1973). http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/413/189