Legal Opinion
Briggs v. Elliott
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided March 13, 1952No. Civ. 2657PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
On June 23, 1951, this court entered its decree in this cause finding that the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of South Carolina requiring segregation of the races in the public schools are not of themselves violative of the Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution, but that defendants had denied to plaintiffs rights guaranteed by that amendment in failing to furnish for Negroes in School District 22 educational facilities and opportunities equal to those furnished white persons. That decree denied the application for an injunction abolishing…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1951
- Carter v. School Board of Arlington County, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Briggs v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
3Cited by10 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1955
- Green v. Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Green v. Board Of Elections Of The City Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Gebhart v. BeltonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
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