McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1950-06-05

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Mr. Chief Justice Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, we are faced with the question whether a state may, after admitting a student to graduate instruction in its state university, afford him different treatment from other students solely because of his race. We decide only this issue; see Sweatt v. Painter, a…

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