Sweatt v. Painter

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United States Supreme Court case desegregation case landmark civil rights case

Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Heman Marion Sweatt v. Theophilus S. Painter, et al.	1
Heman Sweatt was ordered admitted to the University of Texas Law School	1
U.S. Supreme Court decision Sweatt v. Painter (1950)	1
University of Texas Law School excluded Black applicants	1
plaintiff in Sweatt v. Painter	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ desegregation case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
arguedDate	1950-04-04 ⓘ 1950-04-05 ⓘ
citation	339 U.S. 629 ⓘ
clauseInvolved	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1950-06-05 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
doctrineAffected	separate but equal ⓘ
findingOnFacilities	The separate Black law school was inferior in faculty, library, course offerings, and reputation. ⓘ
fullName	Sweatt v. Painter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heman Marion Sweatt v. Theophilus S. Painter, et al.
holding	Separate law school facilities for Black students in Texas were not substantially equal to those for white students. ⓘ The Equal Protection Clause requires that Heman Sweatt be admitted to the University of Texas Law School. ⓘ
impact	helped undermine the legal basis of segregated professional and graduate schools ⓘ laid groundwork for the Supreme Court’s rejection of school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
influenced	desegregation of public higher education in the United States ⓘ
institutionInvolved	University of Texas School of Law ⓘ
jurisdiction	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment racial segregation in higher education ⓘ
locationOfInstitution	Austin ⓘ surface form: Austin, Texas
majorityOpinionBy	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ
partyRace	Heman Sweatt was African American ⓘ
petitioner	Heman Marion Sweatt ⓘ
precedentFor	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
reasoning	Intangible factors such as reputation, alumni influence, and interaction with other students are part of legal education equality. ⓘ
relatedCase	McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ⓘ
remedy	mandamus to admit petitioner to the University of Texas Law School ⓘ
respondent	Theophilus S. Painter ⓘ
respondentRole	President of the University of Texas ⓘ
resultForPetitioner	Sweatt v. Painter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heman Sweatt was ordered admitted to the University of Texas Law School
segregatedSchoolCreated	separate law school for Black students in Houston, Texas ⓘ
segregatedSchoolName	Texas Southern University ⓘ surface form: Texas State University for Negroes School of Law
segregationPolicy	Sweatt v. Painter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: University of Texas Law School excluded Black applicants
state	Texas ⓘ
stateActionChallenged	Texas policy of racially segregated legal education ⓘ
stateCourtFromWhichAppealed	Texas Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Texas
subjectMatter	admission to public law school ⓘ
vote	9–0 ⓘ
yearDecided	1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Heman Marion Sweatt → describedIn → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Supreme Court decision Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

Sweatt v. Painter → fullName → Sweatt v. Painter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heman Marion Sweatt v. Theophilus S. Painter, et al.

Heman Sweatt was African American → hasRole → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

subject surface form: Heman Marion Sweatt

this entity surface form: plaintiff in Sweatt v. Painter

Heman Marion Sweatt → legalCase → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs → notableCase → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

subject surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Heman Marion Sweatt → notableWork → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund → notableWork → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

Thurgood Marshall → notableWork → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

Thoroughgood Marshall → notableWork → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

subject surface form: Thurgood Marshall

Heman Sweatt was African American → partyTo → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

subject surface form: Heman Marion Sweatt

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → relatedCase → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. → relatedCase → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ

subject surface form: McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

Sweatt v. Painter → resultForPetitioner → Sweatt v. Painter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heman Sweatt was ordered admitted to the University of Texas Law School

Sweatt v. Painter → segregationPolicy → Sweatt v. Painter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: University of Texas Law School excluded Black applicants

Heman Marion Sweatt → significantEvent → Sweatt v. Painter ⓘ