Legal Opinion
Parker v. University of Delaware
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided August 9, 1950PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
75 A.2d 225 (1950)
PARKER et al.
v.
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE et al.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.
August 9, 1950.
Louis L. Redding, Wilmington, and Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Albert W. James, Attorney General of the State of Delaware, and William H. Bennethum, Deputy Attorney General of the State of Delaware, for defendants.
SEITZ, Vice Chancellor.
Stated realistically, the principal issue is this: Was the University of Delaware entitled to refuse these plaintiffs admission to the Arts and Science undergraduate school because they are Negroes and a state college for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Nixon v. CondonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sweatt v. PainterSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by15 opinions
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