McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:339_U.S._637
gptkbp:date	June 5, 1950
gptkbp:decidedBy	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
gptkbp:decision	Reversed the lower court's decision.
gptkbp:heldBy	Segregation within the same institution is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
gptkbp:impact	Helped pave the way for desegregation in education.
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:George_W._McLaurin
gptkbp:plotSummary	The Court ruled that a public institution of higher learning could not provide different treatment to a student solely because of his race.
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:principle	gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Sweatt_v._Painter
gptkbp:requires	April 3, 1950
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Oklahoma_State_Regents_for_Higher_Education
gptkbp:subject	Racial segregation in higher education
gptkbp:unanimousDecision	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sweatt_v._Painter
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5