| Murray v. Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Court | Maryland Court of Appeals |
| Decided | January 15, 1936 |
| Citation | 169 Md. 478, 182 A. 590 (1936) |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Bond, C. J., and Urner, Offutt, Parke, Sloan, Mitchell, Shehan, and Johnson, JJ |
| Case opinions | |
| Bond, joined by unanimous | |
| Decision by | Carroll Bond |
| Keywords | |
Murray v. Pearson was a Maryland Court of Appeals decision which found "the state has undertaken the function of education in the law, but has omitted students of one race from the only adequate provision made for it, and omitted them solely because of their color." On January 15, 1936, the court affirmed the lower court ruling which ordered the university to immediately integrate its student population, and therefore created a legal precedent making segregation in Maryland illegal.[1]