Beilan v. Board of Public Education, School District of Philadelphia
Decided June 30, 1958. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 63 · 357 U.S. 399 (1958) · Cited 205 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 4
- Harold Hitz Burton · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Charles Evans Whittaker
- John Marshall Harlan
- Tom C. Clark
Concurring · 1
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 4
- Earl Warren · filed a dissenting opinion
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City · 350 U.S. 551 (1956)
- Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
- Wieman v. Updegraff · 344 U.S. 183 (1952)
- Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 353 U.S. 252 (1957)
- Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
- Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
- Yates v. United States · 354 U.S. 298 (1957)
- Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
- Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
- Williams v. North Carolina · 317 U.S. 287 (1943)
- Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
- Payne v. Arkansas · 356 U.S. 560 (1958)
- De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
- Staub v. City of Baxley · 355 U.S. 313 (1958)
- Moore v. Michigan · 355 U.S. 155 (1957)
- Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
- Harmon v. Brucker · 355 U.S. 579 (1958)
- Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York · 347 U.S. 442 (1954)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
- Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
- Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
- Garrity v. New Jersey · 385 U.S. 493 (1967)
- Spevack v. Klein · 385 U.S. 511 (1967)
- Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
- Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
- Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
- Elfbrandt v. Russell · 384 U.S. 11 (1966)
- Baird v. State Bar of Arizona · 401 U.S. 1 (1971)
- Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
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