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.”
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court decision
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landmark case → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Brown II implementation decision
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Brown v. Board of Education II → |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law → |
| assignedResponsibilityTo |
United States district courts
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local school boards → |
| citedFor |
standard for implementing structural injunctions in civil rights cases
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| constitutionalProvision |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| country |
United States
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| courtOrdered |
continued jurisdiction of federal courts to oversee compliance
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submission of desegregation plans by local school districts → |
| decidedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| decisionDate |
May 31, 1955
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| famousPhrase |
with all deliberate speed
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| followUpTo |
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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| fullName |
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Brown II)
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| historicalSignificance |
guided the pace and method of school desegregation in the United States
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its "all deliberate speed" language was used to justify delays in desegregation → |
| holding |
Desegregation of public schools was to proceed with "all deliberate speed."
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Federal district courts were to supervise the desegregation of public schools. → |
| impact |
influenced the pace of desegregation across the American South
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prompted extensive litigation over what constituted adequate progress in desegregation → |
| implementationFocus |
remedies for unconstitutional school segregation
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| jurisdiction |
public schools in states with legally mandated racial segregation
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| legalCitation |
349 U.S. 294
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| legalEffect |
authorized gradual desegregation rather than immediate integration
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set timetable framework for implementing Brown v. Board of Education → |
| opinionType |
per curiam opinion
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| ordered |
Desegregation plans to be implemented by local school authorities under federal court oversight
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| pageInUnitedStatesReports |
294
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| party |
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
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Oliver Brown et al. → |
| precedentFor |
later school desegregation enforcement cases
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| relatedCase |
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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| remedialNature |
implementation decree following a prior liability decision
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| separateFrom |
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) liability decision
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| subjectMatter |
implementation of desegregation orders
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public school desegregation → |
| timeframeLanguage |
"with all deliberate speed"
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| unanimous |
true
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| volumeInUnitedStatesReports |
349
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| year |
1955
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Brown v. Board of Education
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relatedCase |