Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla. | |
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Argued January 7–8, 1948 Decided January 12, 1948 | |
Full case name | Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, et al. |
Citations | 332 U.S. 631 (more) 68 S. Ct. 299; 92 L. Ed. 247; 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2645 |
Case history | |
Prior | Judgment for the State, District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, 199 Okla. 36; affirmed, (Supreme Court of Oklahoma 1946) 180 P.2d 135; cert. granted, 332 U.S. 814 (1947). |
Holding | |
Colleges can not deny admittance based on race. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Per curiam | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, 332 U.S. 631 (1948), is a per curiam United States Supreme Court decision involving racial segregation toward African Americans by the University of Oklahoma and the application of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1]