Legal Opinion
Ward v. Regents of University System of Georgia
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 12, 1957No. Civ. A. 4355PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOPER, Chief Judge.(1) It is now well established that the authorities in control of the operation of any state-supported law school in this country may not refuse admission to any person solely on account of race and color. In all of the decided cases, however, so far as this Court is aware, the decision was either a class action or the qualifications of the applicant were admitted, or had been judicially determined.
This is not a class action but it involves the individual application of the plaintiff, a Negro citizen, which was filed in September, 1950 for admission to the Law School in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. HirschSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Carson v. WarlickCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- National Lawyers Guild v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Cook v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Holmes v. DannerDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1961
- Gantt v. Clemson Agricultural College of South CarolinaDistrict Court, W.D. South Carolina · 1962