Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
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Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada was a 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and laid important groundwork for the later decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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civil rights case ⓘ education law case ⓘ racial segregation case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| citation | 305 U.S. 337 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Equal Protection Clause
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1938-12-12 ⓘ |
| dissentingJustices |
George Sutherland
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James C. McReynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierce Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationLevel | graduate and professional education ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | State of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
A state that provides a legal education for white students must provide substantially equal legal education within the state for Black students
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Missouri could not satisfy its constitutional obligation by paying to send Black students to law schools in other states ⓘ Missouri was required to provide in-state legal education to Black residents if it provided such education to white residents ⓘ |
| impact |
laid groundwork for later desegregation decisions in education
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limited the ability of states to avoid integrating higher education by sending Black students out of state ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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racial segregation in higher education ⓘ |
| litigationStrategyContext | part of NAACP Legal Defense Fund strategy to challenge segregation in graduate and professional schools ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Benjamin Cardozo
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Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlan F. Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugo Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Brandeis NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen J. Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatingState | Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyRaceIssue | denial of admission to a Black applicant to a state law school ⓘ |
| petitioner | Lloyd L. Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | binding precedent on state provision of equal higher education opportunities ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Brown v. Board of Education
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents NERFINISHED ⓘ Plessy v. Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweatt v. Painter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | separate but equal ⓘ |
| relatedOrganization | NAACP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | S. W. Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondentRole | Registrar of the University of Missouri Law School ⓘ |
| result | Missouri was required to admit Lloyd Gaines to the University of Missouri Law School or create an equal in-state law school for Black students ⓘ |
| significance | first major Supreme Court victory for the NAACP in higher education segregation litigation ⓘ |
| stateActionChallenged | Missouri policy of providing scholarships for Black students to attend out-of-state law schools instead of admitting them to the University of Missouri ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | admission to state-supported law school ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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