Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County

Griffin v. School Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 30, 1964
Decided May 25, 1964
Full case nameGriffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Citations377 U.S. 218 (more)
84 S. Ct. 1226; 12 L. Ed. 2d 256; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1210
Holding
Closing public schools for the sole purpose of race and providing incentives to attend private segregated schools are violations of the Equal Protection Clause. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinion
MajorityBlack, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg, Clark (in part), Harlan (in part)
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV

Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, 377 U.S. 218 (1964), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia's decision to close all local, public schools and provide vouchers to attend private schools were constitutionally impermissible as violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.[1]

  1. ^ Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, 377 U.S. 218 (1964).