Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
by Charles Evans Hughes

Syllabus

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938), was a United States Supreme Court decision holding that states that provide a school to white students must provide in-state education to blacks as well. States can satisfy this requirement by allowing blacks and whites to attend the same school or creating a second school for blacks. Warning: template has been deprecated.

891018Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada — SyllabusCharles Evans Hughes

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Opinion of the Court

Dissenting Opinion: McReynolds

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United States Supreme Court

305 U.S. 337

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

Argued: Nov. 9, 1938. --- Decided: Dec 12, 1938

[Syllabus from pages 337-339 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. Wm. S. Hogsett, of Kansas City, Mo., and Fred L. Williams, of St. Louis, Mo., for respondents.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 339-341 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Chief Justice HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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