Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Gaines v. Canada.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided February 25, 1938PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, J.-
-Action in mandamus to compel the registrar and the curators of the University of Missouri to admit relator, a negro, as a student in the School of Law in the University of Missouri. The action was tried in the Circuit Court of Boone County. On final hearing the alternative writ was quashed and a peremptory writ was denied. Relator appealed.
The unchallenged pleadings sufficiently present the issues urged on this appeal.
Appellant, a young man twenty-five years of age, is a citizen of Missouri, and resides in the City of St. Louis. He was educated in the public schools maintained by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Gong Lum v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- People, Ex Rel. King v. . GallagherNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- University of Maryland v. MurrayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
- State Ex Rel. Crutcher v. KoelnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- State Ex Rel. Igoe v. BradfordMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- State Ex Rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1950
- Rolla 31 School District v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
- State Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
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