Browder v. Gayle

Decided June 5, 1956. Frank Minis Johnson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

142 F. Supp. 707 · Cited 131 times

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• Sweatt v. Painter · 339 U.S. 629
• McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 235 U.S. 151
• Chiles v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. · 218 U.S. 71
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kentucky · 179 U.S. 388
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268
• North American Cold Storage Co. v. City of Chicago · 211 U.S. 306
• Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge · 295 U.S. 89
• Carlson v. California · 310 U.S. 106
• Jones v. Opelika · 316 U.S. 584
• McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education · 339 U.S. 637
• Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist. · 307 U.S. 208
• City of Cleveland v. United States · 323 U.S. 329
• Public Service Commission v. Brashear Freight Lines, Inc. · 312 U.S. 621
• Gong Lum v. Rice · 275 U.S. 78
• Marchant v. Pennsylyania Railroad · 153 U.S. 380
• Slaker v. O'CONNOR · 278 U.S. 188
• Doud v. Hodge · 350 U.S. 485
• Cooper v. Town of Valley Head · 101 So. 874

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