Legal Opinion
Guillory v. Administrators of Tulane University of Louisiana
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 28, 1962No. Civ. A. 11484-BPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
The Tulane University of Louisiana, which now 1 regards itself as a “private” institution, refuses to admit qualified Negro applicants solely because of their race. A special Louisiana statute, Act 43 of 1884, LSA-R.S. Tit. 17, c. 6 note, enshrined in the state constitution, La.Const.1921, Art. 12, § 24, LSA, 2 apparently requires this discrimination. 3 But that law, and all such laws, must .yield to the principle of equal treatment announced in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873. The state can no more •dictate…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by15 opinions
- 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1331, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,294 Selene Weise v. Syracuse University, Jo Davis Mortenson v. Syracuse UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Isaacs v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TEMPLE UNIV., ETC.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Pendrell v. Chatham CollegeDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Bright v. IsenbargerDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1970
- Furumoto v. LymanDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1973
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