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Briggs v. Elliott, 342 U.S. 350 (1952)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Briggs v. Elliott, 342 U.S. 350 (1952)
Briggs v. Elliott No. 273 Decided January 28, 1952 342 U.S. 350
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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The District Court in this case decided that constitutional and statutory provisions of South Carolina requiring separate schools for the white and colored races did not, of themselves, violate the Fourteenth Amendment, but ordered the school officials to proceed at once to furnish equal educational facilities and to report to the court within six months what action had been taken. After an appeal to this Court had been docketed, the required report was filed in the District Court.
Held: in order that this Court may have the benefit of the views of the District Court upon the additional facts brought out in the report, and that the District Court may have the opportunity to take whatever action it may deem appropriate in light of that report, the judgment is vacated and the case is remanded for further proceedings. Pp. 350-352.
98 F.Supp. 529, judgment vacated and case remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Briggs v. Elliott, 342 U.S. 350 (1952) in 342 U.S. 350 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YLX7RW6PCEXLCEJ.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Briggs v. Elliott, 342 U.S. 350 (1952), in 342 U.S. 350, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YLX7RW6PCEXLCEJ.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Briggs v. Elliott, 342 U.S. 350 (1952). cited in 1952, 342 U.S. 350. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YLX7RW6PCEXLCEJ.
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