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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)
by Fred M. Vinson
Syllabus

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950), was a United States Supreme Court case that reversed a lower court decision upholding the efforts of the state-supported University of Oklahoma to adhere to the state law requiring African-Americans to be provided graduate or professional education on a segregated basis.

905765McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents — SyllabusFred M. Vinson

United States Supreme Court

339 U.S. 637

McLaurin  v.  Oklahoma State Regents

 Argued: April 3, 4, 1950. --- Decided: June 5, 1950

Messrs. Amos T. Hall, Tulsa, Okl., Robert L. Carter, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. Fred Hansen, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellees.

Mr. Chief Justice VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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