SIPUEL v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA et al. (1948) - Ballotpedia

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SIPUEL v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA et al.

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1948
Decided: January 12, 1948
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

SIPUEL v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1948. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1948.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority student or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State college or university
Respondent state: Oklahoma
Citation: 332 U.S. 631
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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