Bolling v. Sharpe
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Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Bolling et al. v. Sharpe et al. | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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desegregation case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal government ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| citation | 347 U.S. 497 ⓘ |
| clauseInterpreted |
Due Process Clause
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surface form:
Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment
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| constitutionalAmendmentNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| constitutionalRightProtected |
right to due process of law
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right to equal treatment in public education ⓘ |
| decidedSameDayAs | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1954-05-17 ⓘ |
| decisionFormat | per curiam-like unanimous opinion authored by the Chief Justice ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Brown v. Board of Education
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surface form:
Brown v. Board of Education (which applied the Fourteenth Amendment to the states)
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| doctrineApplied | reverse incorporation ⓘ |
| establishedPrinciple |
equal protection principles are applicable to the federal government through the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause
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racial segregation in public education violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| holding | racial segregation in District of Columbia public schools is unconstitutional ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to the dismantling of legally mandated school segregation in the United States
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extended constitutional protections against racial segregation to federal jurisdictions ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Warren Court jurisprudence ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
constitutionality of school segregation in the District of Columbia
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racial segregation in public schools ⓘ |
| opinionAuthor | Earl Warren ⓘ |
| opinionType | majority opinion ⓘ |
| overturnedPractice | racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 497 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Black schoolchildren in the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| reasoning |
segregation in public education is not reasonably related to any proper governmental objective
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segregation in public schools imposes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty in violation of due process ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| respondent | C. Melvin Sharpe ⓘ |
| respondentRole | President of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| segregationBasis | race ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | public education in the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| subsequentCitationBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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surface form:
United States Supreme Court
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| typeOfSegregationChallenged | de jure racial segregation ⓘ |
| unanimousDecision | true ⓘ |
| usedFor | foundation of reverse incorporation doctrine in later equal protection cases against the federal government ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 347 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1954 ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Bolling v. Sharpe
this entity surface form:
Bolling et al. v. Sharpe et al.