Brown II

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Brown II is the 1955 follow-up Supreme Court decision to Brown v. Board of Education that addressed how and when public school desegregation should be implemented, famously ordering it to proceed “with all deliberate speed.”


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court decision
landmark case
alsoKnownAs Brown II implementation decision
Brown v. Board of Education II
areaOfLaw civil rights law
constitutional law
assignedResponsibilityTo United States district courts
local school boards
citedFor standard for implementing structural injunctions in civil rights cases
constitutionalProvision Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States
courtOrdered continued jurisdiction of federal courts to oversee compliance
submission of desegregation plans by local school districts
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate May 31, 1955
famousPhrase with all deliberate speed
followUpTo Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
fullName Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Brown II)
historicalSignificance guided the pace and method of school desegregation in the United States
its "all deliberate speed" language was used to justify delays in desegregation
holding Desegregation of public schools was to proceed with "all deliberate speed."
Federal district courts were to supervise the desegregation of public schools.
impact influenced the pace of desegregation across the American South
prompted extensive litigation over what constituted adequate progress in desegregation
implementationFocus remedies for unconstitutional school segregation
jurisdiction public schools in states with legally mandated racial segregation
legalCitation 349 U.S. 294
legalEffect authorized gradual desegregation rather than immediate integration
set timetable framework for implementing Brown v. Board of Education
opinionType per curiam opinion
ordered Desegregation plans to be implemented by local school authorities under federal court oversight
pageInUnitedStatesReports 294
party Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Oliver Brown et al.
precedentFor later school desegregation enforcement cases
relatedCase Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
remedialNature implementation decree following a prior liability decision
separateFrom Brown v. Board of Education (1954) liability decision
subjectMatter implementation of desegregation orders
public school desegregation
timeframeLanguage "with all deliberate speed"
unanimous true
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 349
year 1955

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Brown v. Board of Education
relatedCase

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