Missouri v. Jenkins

Summary

The Supreme Court reversed the Eighth Circuit, holding that the district court exceeded its constitutional authority by ordering salary increases for virtually all KCMSD employees and by conditioning continued funding of quality‑education programs on student‑achievement scores; the Court limited the remedial scope to measures directly related to the intradistrict violation. Justice Souter’s dissent argued the Court overstepped, while Justices Thomas, O’Connor and others filed concurring opinions.