Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 decision prohibits assigning students to public schools solely to achieve racial integration.

In a split decision, the Supreme Court rejects the school system’s use of race to assign students in a system that had never been segregated by law. In its decision, written by chief justice John Roberts, the court concludes, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”