Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
1938 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938), was a United States Supreme Court decision holding that states which provided a school to white students had to provide in-state education to Black students as well. States could satisfy this requirement by allowing Black and white students to attend the same school or creating a second school for Black students.[1]
Quick Facts Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Argued November 9, 1938 Decided December 12, 1938 ...
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada | |
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Argued November 9, 1938 Decided December 12, 1938 | |
Full case name | State of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri, et al. |
Citations | 305 U.S. 337 (more) 59 S. Ct. 232; 83 L. Ed. 208; 1938 U.S. LEXIS 440 |
Case history | |
Prior | The Circuit Court denied the writ. The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the judgment against Gaines, 113 S.W.2d 783 (Mo. 1937); cert. granted, 305 U.S. 580 (1938). |
Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 305 U.S. 676 (1939); remanded, 131 S.W.2d 217 (Mo. 1939). |
Holding | |
States that provide only one educational institution must allow blacks and whites to attend if there is no separate school for blacks. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Hughes, joined by Brandeis, Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed |
Dissent | McReynolds, joined by Butler |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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