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Desegregation (general): Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Desegregation (general),” part of the Civil Rights area.

83decisions
73%favorable to the petitioner
46%unanimous
13altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1940s8
1950s12
1960s34
1970s9
1980s6
1990s6
2000s5
2010s3

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)44
Fair Housing Act5
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title II)4
Fourteenth Amendment (due process)3
28 U.S.C. §§ 2241–2255 (habeas corpus)2
Fifth Amendment (equal protection)2
42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts)1
Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)1

All 83 decisions, newest first

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error