Legal Opinion
Steiner v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 8, 1955PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Southerland, Chief Justice, for the court:
On September 8, 1954 eleven Negro pupils were admitted to the Milford High School, a public school established under Delaware’s school segregation laws for white children only. On September 30, 1954 they were dropped solely because of their race and color. Ten of them filed suit in the Court of Chancery to compel readmittance, and moved for a preliminary mandatory injunction. The Vice Chancellor held that they had been lawfully enrolled in the school and that their legal right to attend the Milford High School was clear. He therefore awarded the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sweatt v. PainterSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Rogers v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by23 opinions
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