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Milliken v. Bradley

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Milliken v. Bradley
Court Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
Date decided July 25, 1974

Facts

In August 1970, in Michigan, several families filed a class-action lawsuit. They stated that the schools of their children in Detroit were racially segregated.

The trial court found that a residential racial segregation had been in place in the Detroit area in 1970.

Issues

What is the reach of the Court's equitable jurisdiction?

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