Fisher v. Hurst, Chief Justice, et al. (333 U.S. 147)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 16, 1948 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 333 U.S. 147 · 68 S. Ct. 389
- Decided
- February 16, 1948
- Term
- October Term 1947
- Vote
- 7–2
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Petition denied or appeal dismissed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
Per Curiam. Petitioner moves for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel compliance with our mandate issued January 12, 1948, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents, 332 U. S. 631. We there said: “The petitioner is entitled to secure legal education afforded by a state institution. To this time, it has been denied her although during the same period many white applicants have been afforded legal education by the State. The State must provide it for her in conformity with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and provide it as soon as it does for applicants of any other group. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U. S. 337 (1938).” Petitioner states that on January 17,1948, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma rendered an opinion in which it was said: “Said Board of Regents is hereby directed, under the authority conferred upon it by the provisions of Art. 13-A, Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and Title 70 O. S. 1941, Secs. 1976, 1979, to afford to plaintiff, and all others similarly situated, an opportunity to commence the study of law at a state institution as soon as citizens of other groups are afforded such opportunity, in conformity with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution and with the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of this state requiring segregation of the races in the schools of…
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