McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 3–4, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950
Full case name	McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, et al.
Citations	339 U.S. 637 (more) 70 S. Ct. 851; 94 L. Ed. 1149; 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1810
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Holding
Different treatment of students in public institutions of higher learning solely on the basis of race violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinion
Majority	Vinson, joined by unanimous

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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950), was a United States Supreme Court case that prohibited racial segregation in state supported graduate or professional education.^[1] The unanimous decision was delivered on the same day as another case involving similar issues, Sweatt v. Painter.