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Legal Citation: 413 U.S. 189 (1973)

Petitioners
Keyes, et al.

Respondent
School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado

Petitioners' Claim
That the deliberate segregation of Park Hill neighborhood schools rendered the entire Denver Public School system liable to enforced desegregation.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioners
James M. Nabrit III, Gordon G. Greiner

Chief Lawyer for Respondents
William K. Ris

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist (Byron R. White did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 June 1973

Decision
Stated that segregation of any portion of a...