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MISSOURI v. JENKINS

No. 88-1150.

495 U.S. 33 (1990)

110 S.Ct. 1651

109 L.Ed.2d 31

MISSOURI ET AL. v. JENKINS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Bartow Farr III argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were William Webster, Attorney General of Missouri, James B. Deutsch, Deputy Attorney General, Michael J. Fields, Assistant Attorney General, and David R. Boyd.

Allen R. Snyder argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondents Kalima Jenkins et al. were David S. Tatel, Walter A. Smith, Jr., Patricia A. Brannan, Shirley W. Keeler, Arthur A. Benson II, James S. Liebman, Julius L. Chambers, James M. Nabrit III, Theodore M. Shaw, and Norman J. Chachkin. Michael D. Gordon and Lawrence A. Poltrock filed a brief for respondent American Federation of Teachers, Local 691.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri imposed an increase in the property taxes levied by the Kansas City, Missouri, School District (KCMSD) to ensure funding for the desegregation of KCMSD's public schools. We granted certiorari to consider the State of Missouri's argument that the District Court lacked the power to raise local property taxes...

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