Cooper v. Aaron
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Cooper v. Aaron is a landmark 1958 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the supremacy of federal law and the Court’s authority by ruling that states are bound to enforce desegregation under Brown v. Board of Education.
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| William G. Cooper et al. v. Aaron et al. | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| arguedDate |
1958-08-28
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1958-08-29 ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtDecision | Earl Warren ⓘ |
| citation | 358 U.S. 1 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
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Article VI of the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Supremacy Clause ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1958-09-12 ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName |
Cooper v. Aaron
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William G. Cooper et al. v. Aaron et al.
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| holding |
State attempts to delay desegregation for public hostility are unconstitutional
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State officials may not resist or nullify desegregation orders based on Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ States are bound by the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
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The Supremacy Clause makes the Constitution and federal court decisions binding on the states
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| impact |
Reinforced that state resistance to Supreme Court decisions is unconstitutional
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Strengthened enforcement of school desegregation across the United States ⓘ |
| issue | Whether Arkansas officials could delay or avoid implementing school desegregation ordered under Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| justiceJoiningOpinion |
Charles E. Whittaker
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Earl Warren ⓘ Felix Frankfurter ⓘ Harold H. Burton ⓘ Hugo L. Black ⓘ John M. Harlan II ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
desegregation
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equal protection ⓘ federal supremacy ⓘ judicial review ⓘ |
| locationOfEvents | Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ |
| opinionType | per curiam opinion ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 1 ⓘ |
| party |
Arkansas state officials
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Governor of Arkansas ⓘ Little Rock School District ⓘ
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Little Rock School Board
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| principleAffirmed |
binding nature of Supreme Court precedent on state officials
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judicial supremacy in constitutional interpretation ⓘ supremacy of federal law over conflicting state action ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Brown v. Board of Education
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Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
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Brown v. Board of Education II
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| relatedEvent |
Little Rock Integration Crisis
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Little Rock school desegregation crisis
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| result | Arkansas school board’s attempt to postpone desegregation was rejected ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Arkansas ⓘ |
| unanimousDecision | true ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 358 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1958 ⓘ |
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William G. Cooper et al. v. Aaron et al.
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund