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Murray v. Pearson
The Maryland Court of Appeals did not rule against segregation, but under the understanding that segregated schools needed to receive equal opportunities in facilities, and as such required a law school in Maryland to be opened to all races as it was the only law school available in the state. -
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Missouri ex rel Gaines v Canada
The Supreme Court ruled that if in-state education is offered for a subject, there must either be an integrated school or schools for both white and black students. A student could not be sent out of state for schooling solely due to race. -
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McClaurin v Oklahoma Regents
A supreme court ruling forced the University of Oklahoma to cease the separation an African American student from his fellow students -
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Sweatt v Painter
The supreme Court ruled that even if facilities for the same subject existed for both white and black students, a school must integrate if it receives noticeably better funding than the other facilities -
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Brown v Board of Education
A set of five cases that were raised separately but were consolidated in the Supreme Court due to each sharing the same key issue: that the "separate but equal" principle inherently led to unequal treatment. These cases led to segregation in schools being declared unconstitutional and to the systematic desegregation of schools.