Sweatt v. Painter et al. (339 U.S. 629)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 5, 1950 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 339 U.S. 629 · 70 S. Ct. 848
- Decided
- June 5, 1950
- Term
- October Term 1949
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Vinson
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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