Sailors et al. v. Board of Education of the County of Kent et al.

Decided May 22, 1967. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 430 · 387 U.S. 105 (1967) · Cited 355 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Gray v. Sanders · 372 U.S. 368 (1963)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Cooper v. Aaron · 358 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado · 377 U.S. 713 (1964)
• Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri · 342 U.S. 421 (1952)
• Roman v. Sincock · 377 U.S. 695 (1964)
• Davis v. Mann · 377 U.S. 678 (1964)
• WMCA, Inc. v. Lomenzo · 377 U.S. 633 (1964)

Cited by

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

• Avery v. Midland County · 390 U.S. 474 (1968)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City · 397 U.S. 50 (1970)
• Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party · 457 U.S. 1 (1982)
• Turner v. Fouche · 396 U.S. 346 (1970)
• Holt Civic Club v. City of Tuscaloosa · 439 U.S. 60 (1978)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier · 501 U.S. 597 (1991)
• Gaffney v. Cummings · 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)
• Abate v. Mundt · 403 U.S. 182 (1971)

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