Reitman v. Mulkey

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Reitman v. Mulkey
ArgueDate=
ArgueYear=1967
DecideDate=
DecideYear=1969
FullName=
USVol=387
USPage=369
Citation=87 S. Ct. 1627; 18 L. Ed. 2d 830;
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Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1965-1967
Majority=White
JoinMajority=
Dissent=Harlan
JoinDissent=Black, Clark, Stewart
LawsApplied=Amendment XIV of the U.S. Constitution

"Reitman v. Mulkey", 387 U.S. 369 (1967)ref|citation, was a United States Supreme Court decision that set an important legal precedent that states could repeal laws providing protection against racial discrimination by Amending their state Constitution of referendum if their immediate objective is neutral and not to facilitate private racism. This case can be compared to Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 where the court held that a state-wide initiative that was designed primarily to put an end to a newly formed bussing program in Seattle was unconstitutional. Thus collectively these cases stand for the proposition that, non-constitutionally required racially based desegregation programs may be repealed, that must be repealed by the level of government that develops the program. That is a state can not change the rules just so that a municipality cannot institute a desegregation program.

This principle, although not explicitly mentioned by the court, seemed to be applied analogously to homosexuals in "Romer v. Evans".

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 387

External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=387&page=369 Full text opinion from Findlaw.com]