McLAURIN v. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS

No. 34.

339 U.S. 637 (1950)

McLAURIN v. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Carter and Amos T. Hall argued the cause for appellant. With them on the brief were Thurgood Marshall and Frank D. Reeves. Marian W. Perry and Franklin H. Williams were also of counsel.

Fred Hansen, First Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General.

Briefs of amici curiae, supporting appellant, were filed by Solicitor General Perlman and Philip Elman for the United States; Paul G. Annes for the American Federation of Teachers; Phineas Indritz for the American Veterans Committee, Inc.; Arthur J. Goldberg for the Congress of Industrial Organizations; Edward J. Ennis and Saburo Kido for the Japanese American Citizens League; and Arthur Garfield Hays and Eugene Nickerson for the American Civil Liberties Union.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we are faced with the question whether a state may, after admitting a student to graduate instruction in its state university, afford him different treatment from other students solely because of his race. We decide only this issue; see Sweatt v. Painter, ante, p. 629.

Appellant is a Negro citizen of Oklahoma. Possessing a Master's Degree, he applied for admission to the...

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