BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 8.

344 U.S. 141 (1952)

BROWN ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

November 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Carter, Thurgood Marshall, Spottswood W. Robinson, III, George E. C. Hayes, George M. Johnson, William R. Ming, Jr., James M. Nabrit, Jr. and Frank D. Reeves for appellants.


PER CURIAM.

This action was instituted by the appellants attacking a Kansas statute which authorized segregation in the schools of that State. It was urged that the State of Kansas was without power to enact such legislation, claimed by appellants to be in contravention of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In the District Court, the State, by its Governor and Attorney General, intervened and defended the constitutionality of the statute. The court upheld its validity...

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