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Legal Citation: 339 U.S. 637 (1950)

Petitioner
George McLaurin

Respondent
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That an Oklahoma state law mandating racial segregation in postgraduate education violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Robert L. Carter, Amos T. Hall

Chief Lawyer for Respondents
Fred Hansen

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Sherman Minton, Stanley Forman Reed, Fred Moore Vinson (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
5 June 1950

Decision
Upheld the petitioner's claim and reversed a lower court ruling, holding...