Delores Ross v. Houston Independent School District

How courts have described this case

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• finding that thirty-three schools that were 90% black did not preclude declaration of unitary status in large urban district with 226 schools facing “unusual, perhaps unique, problems,” including rapidly changing demographics and housing patterns
• “Constructing a unitary school system does not require a racial balance in all of the schools.”
• upholding a declaration of unitary status when 55 of the school district's 226 schools had 90% or more African-American students
• upholding a declaration of unitary status when 55 of the school district's 226 schools had 90% or more African-American students
• affirming finding of unitariness for district 80% minority although 57 out of 226 schools were 90 + % one-race
• affirming finding of unitariness for district 80% minority although 57 out of 226 schools were 90 + % one-race

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