In a landmark decision Thursday, the Supreme Court voted against voluntary desegregation plans. The narrow 5-4 ruling rejected using race as a criteria for assigning students for different schools. The court rejected voluntary integration plans from school districts in Seattle, Washington and Louisville, Kentucky, and supported white parents whose children had been denied admission to nearby schools because of their diversity policies. Dissenting Supreme Court judges said the decision betrays the promise of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling that outlawed segregation in public schools. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote: “This is a decision that the court and the nation will come to regret.”