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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Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day) canonical	1

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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 ⓘ surface form: Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Board of Education ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia school authorities
establishedDoctrine	application of equal protection principles to the federal government through the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ
fullCaseName	Bolling v. Sharpe ⓘ surface form: Bolling et al. v. Sharpe et al.
historicalEra	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: 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	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: 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 (1896) ⓘ surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
relatedConstitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Brown v. Board of Education → consolidatedFrom → Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day) ⓘ