Concept information
social science subjects
sociology
race, ethnicity and migration
legislation, court decisions, and treaties
...
social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
United States v. Fordice
Definition
- In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court decided United States v. Fordice, a case involving discrimination on the basis of race in the state university system of Mississippi. Justice Byron White delivered the opinion of the Court, which found that a state has an affirmative duty to dismantle its segregated system even though the segregation was by choice rather than by law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; United States v. Fordice]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1992
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States_v._Fordice
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