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Legal Citation: 458 U.S. 457 (1982)

Appellants
State of Washington, et al.

Appellees
Seattle School District Number 1, et al.

Appellants' Claim
That Initiative 350, a state law prohibiting busing of school children under certain circumstances, was constitutional and binding upon the Seattle school system.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Kenneth O. Eikenberry

Chief Lawyer for Appellees
Michael W. Hoge

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. William H. Rehnquist

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
30 June 1982

Decision
Affirmed the rulings of two lower courts, holding that...