Legal Opinion
Vetere v. Allen
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1963PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIsadore Bookstein, J.
In Brown v. Board of Educ. (347 U. S. 483 [1954]) the United States Supreme Court declared that segregation of races in public schools pursuant to State laws, i.e., de jure segregation, violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
More than half a century before that decision, New York State had abolished de jure segregation in the public schools.
*202Article 11 of chapter 556 of the Laws of 1894 authorized school districts to establish and maintain separate schools for Negro children resident therein but with the same facilities for instruction as the white schools therein,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Ross v. WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Taylor v. Board of Education of City School District of New RochelleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Bell v. School City of Gary, IndianaDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1963
- Branche v. Board of Education of Town of HempsteadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Booker v. Board of Education of City of PlainfieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Blocker v. Board of Education of Manhasset, New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1964
- Olson v. Board of Ed. of U. Free Sch. Dist. No. 12, Malverne, NYDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1966
- Strippoli v. BickalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
- Strippoli v. BickalNew York Supreme Court · 1964
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