Delivering the court's opinion, Chief Justice Earl Warren asserted that "segregated schools are not equal and cannot be made equal, and hence they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws." This landmark ruling began our nation's long journey toward school desegregation.
That separate but equal public education was unconstitutional.
That schools and students receive " equal protection of the laws"
That schools and students receive " equal protection of the laws"
That schools and students receive " equal protection of the laws"
That schools and students receive " equal protection of the laws"
The Supreme Court opinion for Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was written by Chief Justice Earl Warren. The decision was unanimous, which means all nine justices agreed with the opinion.
The groundbreaking civil rights decision Brown v. Board of Education was written by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
....disagrees with the majority opinion, and explains his legal rationale for doing so.
George Bally has written: 'The justice of the Supreme Being'
In the Supreme Court, the written decision and legal reasoning for a case is called an Opinion.
Majority opinion
There was no one single judge. It was the Supreme Court who decided the case. The ruling was written by Justice Thurgood Marshall and assented to by a majority of the court, although the decision was not unanimous.