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Here it is, a Kentucky-based lawsuit.

LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL
Back to segregation? The high stakes when high court hears JCPS case
November 9, 2006

Louisville is no stranger to the spotlight, and not just because of horse racing and college sports.

Next month, in a case of historic national consequence, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about the constitutionality of Jefferson County Public Schools' voluntary school desegregation plan and another that Seattle schools have adopted.

The lead plaintiff challenging the local plan, Crystal Meredith, is a white parent who sued after her son wasn't admitted to the elementary school closest to his home.

Her position is that he was discriminated against because he's white, as a result of the district's guidelines for keeping minority enrollments in most schools between 15 percent and 50 percent.

Despite the end of mandatory busing, the school district and the public have continued to value racial diversity, which the guidelines, along with magnet and choice programs, have preserved despite housing patterns that largely remain segregated by race and class.

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