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WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer shook his head. He rolled his eyes. He even grimaced once or twice as he listened to Chief Justice John Roberts read the majority opinion in the school diversity case on Thursday.
As the high court ended its term, Breyer showed obvious disappointment with the opinion. For liberal members of the court, it was not the only time this year their emotions surfaced during normally placid readings of the court's opinions.
The ruling said the integration plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle violated constitutional guarantees of equal protection. The plans were designed to keep schools from segregating along the same lines as neighborhoods. But parents sued after their children were denied admission to the schools they preferred because of their race.
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