McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

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United States Supreme Court case desegregation case landmark civil rights case

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents is a 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down racial segregation within a public university’s graduate program, marking an important step toward the desegregation of higher education.

Aliases (4)

George W. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education et al. ×1
George W. McLaurin was an African American applicant to the University of Oklahoma Graduate College. ×1
McLaurin was admitted to the University of Oklahoma but subjected to segregated conditions within the graduate program. ×1
The Supreme Court held that segregated treatment impaired McLaurin’s ability to study and engage with other students. ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → desegregation case → landmark civil rights case →
areaOfLaw	civil rights law → constitutional law →
arguedDate	1950-04-03 →
chiefJustice	Fred M. Vinson →
citation	339 U.S. 637 →
constitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decidedBy	Vincent C. Black Court →
decision	unanimous →
decisionDate	1950-06-05 →
decisionType	per curiam opinion →
fact	George W. McLaurin was an African American applicant to the University of Oklahoma Graduate College. → McLaurin was admitted to the University of Oklahoma but subjected to segregated conditions within the graduate program. → McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. → The Supreme Court held that segregated treatment impaired McLaurin’s ability to study and engage with other students. →
fullCaseName	George W. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education et al. →
hasParty	George W. McLaurin → Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education →
holding	Once admitted to a state-supported graduate school, a student must receive the same treatment as students of other races. → The differential treatment of a student in a graduate school of a state university solely because of his race violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. →
impact	advanced the desegregation of graduate and professional schools → weakened the legal foundation of the separate but equal doctrine in higher education →
involvedInstitution	University of Oklahoma →
jurisdiction	United States →
languageOfWork	English →
legalIssue	equal protection → racial segregation in higher education →
locationOfLowerCourt	Oklahoma →
opinionOfTheCourtBy	Fred M. Vinson →
pageInUnitedStatesReports	637 →
precedentFor	Brown v. Board of Education → desegregation of public higher education in the United States →
relatedCase	Brown v. Board of Education → Sweatt v. Painter →
remedy	removal of segregated conditions imposed on McLaurin within the university →
result	state-imposed segregation within a graduate program was declared unconstitutional →
segregationPolicy	separate seating in classrooms → separate seating in the cafeteria → separate seating in the library →
stateInvolved	Oklahoma →
timePeriod	pre-Brown civil rights era →
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	339 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ("George W. McLaurin was an African American applicant to the University of Oklahoma Graduate College.") → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ("McLaurin was admitted to the University of Oklahoma but subjected to segregated conditions within the graduate program.") → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ("The Supreme Court held that segregated treatment impaired McLaurin’s ability to study and engage with other students.") →	fact
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ("George W. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education et al.") →	fullCaseName
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund →	notableCase
Thurgood Marshall →	notableWork
Sweatt v. Painter →	relatedCase