Griffin et al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County et al.

Decided May 25, 1964. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 592 · 377 U.S. 218 (1964) · Cited 741 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Salsburg v. Maryland · 346 U.S. 545 (1954)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Cooper v. Aaron · 358 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux · 360 U.S. 25 (1959)
• Lincoln County v. Luning · 133 U.S. 529 (1890)
• Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans · 330 U.S. 552 (1947)
• Kennecott Copper Corp. v. State Tax Commission · 327 U.S. 573 (1946)
• Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist. · 307 U.S. 208 (1939)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Palmer v. Thompson · 403 U.S. 217 (1971)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 495 U.S. 33 (1990)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue · 591 U.S. 464 (2020)
• Hibbs v. Winn · 542 U.S. 88 (2004)
• Green v. County School Board of New Kent County · 391 U.S. 430 (1968)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Columbus Board of Education v. Penick · 443 U.S. 449 (1979)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• Freeman v. Pitts · 503 U.S. 467 (1992)
• Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education · 396 U.S. 19 (1969)
• Parisi v. Davidson · 405 U.S. 34 (1972)
• Spallone v. United States · 493 U.S. 265 (1990)
• Bell v. Maryland · 378 U.S. 226 (1964)
• Moody v. Flowers · 387 U.S. 97 (1967)
• Wright v. Council of Emporia · 407 U.S. 451 (1972)
• United States v. Montgomery County Board of Education · 395 U.S. 225 (1969)

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