Chief Justice Fredrick Moore Vinson, who had been nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Truman in 1946, died in office in 1953. President Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren, former three-time Governor of California, to Vinson's position, and Warren lead the Court until his retirement in June 1969.
Chief Justice Frederick M. Vinson died in 1953, a few months after hearing the first oral arguments in Brown. President Eisenhower appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren as Vinson's replacement in October 1953.
Chief Justice Fred Vinson lead the Court when the Brown petition was placed on the docket, but died in 1953, before the case could be resolved. Chief Justice Earl Warren succeeded Vinson and wrote the unanimous opinion for Brown v. Board of Education,(1954). Warren presided over many cases that expanded civil rights for African-Americans.Case Citation:Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson lead the Court in 1952, when Brown v. Board of Education was first argued, but died before the justices reached a verdict. The case was re-argued in 1953 with Chief Justice Earl Warren presiding over the Court.
Chief Justice Earl Warren presided over the US Supreme Court from 1953-1969. He succeeded Chief Justice Fred Vinson after Brown v. Board of Education reached the Court but before the first oral arguments were heard.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the US Supreme Court in 1953 to replace Chief Justice Fred Vinson, who had died in office. Warren wrote the landmark opinion for Brown v. Board of Education, (1954)
The groundbreaking civil rights decision Brown v. Board of Education was written by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal represented Brown.
Earl Warren in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
He said that the death of fellow Justice Fred M Vinson was the first evidence for God. The remark was made because Justice Frankfurter was FOR desegregating the school system but Vinson was strongly opposed in the first Brown v Board of Education case in 1954. The case was up for reargument the following year and after Vinson's death it provided a chance to overturn the previous ruling of Plessy v Ferguson, which allowed for segregation. However, Justice Frankfurter's comments have never been fully verified so their authenticity is in question. Source : Wikipedia
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That separate but equal public education was unconstitutional.
His appointment gave desegregation strong support
The Warren Court ruled segregated schools were unconstitutional in Brown v Board of Education, (1954), and ordered integration to take place "at all deliberate speed" in Brown v Board of Education II, (1955).