Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 28, 1967No. 16256PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendants, Trustees of the Estate of Stephen Girard,1 refused to admit the seven minor plaintiffs, Negro male orphans, to Girard College, a charitable educational establishment created under the Will of Stephen Girard, on the sole ground that Girard’s Will expressly restricts admission to the College to “poor male, white” orphans.
The guardians of the minor plaintiffs, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its Attorney General, and the City of Philadelphia, filed a complaint in the District Court praying for an injunction restraining the defendants from denying the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by27 opinions
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