Browder v. Gayle

E16404

United States federal court case civil rights case landmark decision

Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.

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Surface form	Occurrences
plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal court case ⓘ civil rights case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
appellateCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ⓘ
decisionDate	1956-06-05 ⓘ
decisionType	2–1 decision in district court ⓘ
defendant	W. A. Gayle ⓘ
defendantDescription	Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
effect	contributed to the end of the Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ ended legal bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ struck a major blow against Jim Crow laws in the American South ⓘ
enforcement	desegregation of Montgomery city buses ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the first major federal court victories of the modern civil rights movement ⓘ
holding	racial segregation on Montgomery city buses is unconstitutional ⓘ segregation on public buses violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
impact	advanced the civil rights movement ⓘ challenged the legality of Jim Crow segregation ⓘ served as a legal victory for the Montgomery Improvement Association ⓘ
judge	Frank M. Johnson Jr. ⓘ Richard T. Rives ⓘ Seybourn H. Lynne ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal courts
legalIssue	constitutionality of bus segregation laws ⓘ racial segregation on public buses ⓘ
location	Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
plaintiff	Aurelia S. Browder ⓘ Claudette Colvin ⓘ Mary Louise Smith ⓘ Susie McDonald ⓘ
precedent	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
precedentUsedFor	applying Brown v. Board of Education to public transportation ⓘ
relatedEvent	Rosa Parks’ arrest on December 1, 1955 ⓘ
relatedOrganization	Montgomery Improvement Association ⓘ
relatedPerson	Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Rosa Parks ⓘ
relatedTo	Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ
subjectMatter	segregation in public transportation ⓘ
supremeCourtAffirmanceDate	1956-11-13 ⓘ
supremeCourtDisposition	per curiam affirmance ⓘ
supremeCourtMandateIssuedDate	1956-12-20 ⓘ
yearDecided	1956 ⓘ

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Claudette Colvin → legalCase → Browder v. Gayle ⓘ

Montgomery bus boycott → legalCase → Browder v. Gayle ⓘ

Rosa Parks → legalCase → Browder v. Gayle ⓘ

W. A. Gayle → legalCaseInvolved → Browder v. Gayle ⓘ

W. A. Gayle → notableEvent → Browder v. Gayle ⓘ

W. A. Gayle → opposedBy → Browder v. Gayle ⓘ

this entity surface form: plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle

Claudette Colvin → participantIn → Browder v. Gayle ⓘ