Legal Opinion
Bolling v. Sharpe
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 17, 1954No. 8PublishedCited by 2,341 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
This case challenges the validity of segregation in the public schools of the District of Columbia. The petitioners, minors of the Negro race, allege that such segregation deprives them of due process of law under the Fifth Amendment. They were refused admission to a public school attended by white children solely because of their race. They sought the aid of the District Court for the District of Columbia in obtaining admission. That court dismissed their complaint. The Court granted a writ of certiorari before judgment in the Court of Appeals because of the importance of the constitutional…
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