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.

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Surface form	Occurrences
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

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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	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ surface form: Fred M. Vinson
citation	339 U.S. 637 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
decidedBy	Vincent C. Black Court ⓘ
decision	unanimous ⓘ
decisionDate	1950-06-05 ⓘ
decisionType	per curiam opinion ⓘ
fact	McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George W. McLaurin was an African American applicant to the University of Oklahoma Graduate College. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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. ⓘ McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Supreme Court held that segregated treatment impaired McLaurin’s ability to study and engage with other students.
fullCaseName	McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalIssue	equal protection ⓘ racial segregation in higher education ⓘ
locationOfLowerCourt	Oklahoma ⓘ
opinionOfTheCourtBy	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → fact → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: George W. McLaurin was an African American applicant to the University of Oklahoma Graduate College.

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → fact → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: McLaurin was admitted to the University of Oklahoma but subjected to segregated conditions within the graduate program.

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → fact → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Supreme Court held that segregated treatment impaired McLaurin’s ability to study and engage with other students.

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → fullCaseName → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: George W. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education et al.

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs → notableCase → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ⓘ

subject surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Thurgood Marshall → notableWork → McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ⓘ

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