Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education

Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 30, 1899 Decided December 18, 1899
Full case name	J. W. Cumming, James S. Harper, and John C. Ladeveze, Plaintiffs in Error, v. County Board of Education of Richmond County, State of Georgia
Citations	175 U.S. 528 (more) 20 S. Ct. 197; 44 L. Ed. 262; 1899 U.S. LEXIS 1580
Holding
The Richmond County tax, which supported high schools open to only white students, was legal. The city was allowed to determine the allocation of funds. Federal interference was justified only if local authorities disregarded constitutional rights.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · Horace Gray David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown George Shiras Jr. · Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Case opinion
Majority	Harlan, joined by unanimous
Overruled by
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528 (1899), ("Richmond") was a class action suit decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.^[1] It is a landmark case, in that it sanctioned de jure segregation of races in American schools. The decision was overruled by Brown v. Board of Education (1954).^[2]