Lum v. Rice

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 275 U.S. 78
gptkbp:date 1927-11-21
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant E. S. Rice
gptkbp:fullName Martha Lum, a minor, by Gong Lum, her father and next friend, v. E. S. Rice, et al.
gptkbp:heldBy States may require racial segregation in schools
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lum v. Rice
gptkbp:impact Denied Chinese American children access to white public schools
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice William Howard Taft
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Whether a state may exclude children of Chinese descent from public schools reserved for white children
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Martha_Lum
gptkbp:plaintiffGuardian Gong Lum
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
Upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in schools prior to Brown v. Board of Education
gptkbp:subject Racial segregation in public education
gptkbp:unanimousDecision true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:268_U.S._652
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7