Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day)

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United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case desegregation case landmark case

Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day) is a landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → constitutional law case → desegregation case → landmark case →
appliesTo	public schools in Washington, D.C. →
areaOfLaw	civil rights law → constitutional law → education law →
arguedSeparatelyFrom	Brown v. Board of Education →
chiefJusticeAtDecision	Earl Warren →
citation	347 U.S. 497 →
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment → Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
courtType	federal court →
decidedSameDayAs	Brown v. Board of Education →
decisionDate	1954-05-17 →
decisionType	unanimous decision →
defendants	District of Columbia school authorities →
establishedDoctrine	application of equal protection principles to the federal government through the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause →
fullCaseName	Bolling et al. v. Sharpe et al. →
historicalEra	Civil Rights Movement era →
holding	Racial segregation in District of Columbia public schools violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment →
impact	contributed to nationwide school desegregation → extended anti-segregation principles to federal jurisdictions →
jurisdiction	United States Supreme Court →
languageOfDecision	English →
legalIssue	constitutionality of school segregation in the District of Columbia → racial segregation in public schools →
locationOfControversy	District of Columbia →
opinionBy	Earl Warren →
overruledDoctrineOf	separate but equal in public education in the District of Columbia →
pageInUnitedStatesReports	497 →
plaintiffs	African American schoolchildren in Washington, D.C. →
precedentialStatus	binding precedent in U.S. federal courts →
reasoningConcept	reverse incorporation →
relatedCase	Brown v. Board of Education → Plessy v. Ferguson →
relatedConstitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment →
relatedDoctrine	equal protection principles →
remedyOrdered	desegregation of District of Columbia public schools →
subjectMatter	public education →
typeOfSegregationAddressed	racial segregation →
unconstitutionalPractice	racial segregation in District of Columbia public schools →
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	347 →
yearDecided	1954 →

Referenced by (1)

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