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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 13-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 13-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 31-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 31-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 37-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 37-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 11-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 11-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 27-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 27-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 37-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 37-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 19-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 19-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 37-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 37-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 51-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 51-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 31-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 31-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 13-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 13-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 19-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 19-41"}]}],"slug":"2006-05-908-parents-involved-in-community-schools-v-seattle-school-district","term":"2006","title":"Can schools use race to assign students?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 7-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 7-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 47-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 47-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-908.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-9"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}