Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 9, 1938
Decided December 12, 1938
Full case nameState of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri, et al.
Citations305 U.S. 337 (more)
59 S. Ct. 232; 83 L. Ed. 208; 1938 U.S. LEXIS 440
Case history
PriorThe Circuit Court denied the writ. The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the judgment against Gaines, 113 S.W.2d 783 (Mo. 1937); cert. granted, 305 U.S. 580 (1938).
SubsequentRehearing denied, 305 U.S. 676 (1939); remanded, 131 S.W.2d 217 (Mo. 1939).
Holding
States that provide only one educational institution must allow blacks and whites to attend if there is no separate school for blacks.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Associate Justices
James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis
Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed
Case opinions
MajorityHughes, joined by Brandeis, Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed
DissentMcReynolds, joined by Butler
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938), was a United States Supreme Court decision holding that states which provided a school to white students had to provide in-state education to Black students as well. States could satisfy this requirement by allowing Black and white students to attend the same school or creating a second school for Black students.[1]

  1. ^ Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938).