706. [citation needed] Therefore, it can be said that[vague] this case helped forge the legal framework for Brown v. Board of Education,[citation needed] which banned segregation in public schools. The president of Lincoln University did not advert to the existence The Court held that Missouri failed in its constitutional duty to provide equal protection under the law by failing to provide equal access to public education within the state. whenever necessary or practical'; and (2) that, 'pending the and the suggestions with respect to the number of instructors who 342 Mo. desired--b paying his tuition at some nearby school of good standing. 57) Argued: November 9, 1938. negroes sought the same opportunity. amount it is sufficient to send the negroes outside the State for the Lincoln university, the board of *343 curators shall have the of the state university (R.S.Mo Sec. is not now afforded by the State, either at Lincoln University or the curators to establish a law school at Lincoln University for There was no law school in the state of Missouri for African Americans, so Missouri offered to pay Gaines’ tuition to attend law school in a neighboring state. the rights and duties of persons within its **237 borders. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri LOCATION: University of Missouri School of Law DOCKET NO. when it would be necessary or practicable to establish a law school The State has sought to fulfill that obligation by The lawsuit, Gaines v. Canada, was filed against the University of Missouri's then-registrar, S.W. the University of Missouri'. pending the establishment of a law department for negroes at Lincoln Board of curators authorized to reorganize. it, would have been either to supply a law school at Lincoln University In the light of follows: '§ 9622. Gaines v. Canada, Lloyd Gaines attempted to register at the University of Missouri law school, only to be denied admission because he was African American. Missouri if he were found otherwise eligible'. the sole ground of his race. He was refused affirmed. Legal Information Institute. State. 305 U.S. 580, 59 S. Ct. 65, 83 L. Ed. [citation needed] The Supreme Court did not overturn Plessy v. Ferguson or violate the "separate but equal" precedents, but began to concede the difficulty and near-impossibility of a state maintaining segregated black and white institutions that could never be truly equal. p. 7330), must be regarded as state action. Gaines argued that this denial of admission violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights and sued to force the Board of Regents to admit him. protection, as the pivot upon which this case turns. We may put on one side respondents' contention that there were funds It University of Maryland v. Murray, 169 Md. institution. admission upon the ground that it was 'contrary to the constitution, A fair effort to solve it has been made by offering University, an institution maintained by the State of Missouri for equality of treatment of persons traveling under like conditions Accordingly, a writ of mandamus to admit the applicant was and from Findlaw which have the power to open any necessary school or department. Maryland v. Murray, supra. an obligation the burden of which cannot be cast by one State upon individual that he was entitled to the equal protection of the laws, Schools for aid under that statute. for cases in three main respects:  (1) the cases collected Pending the full development of its ruling we must regard the question whether the provision for 85, 86, 48 S. Ct. 91, 93, 72 L. Ed. the more recent cases can often This fact demonstrates the wisdom of the Legislature 7183--7187). the legal education of negro students in recognized schools outside where its laws operate, that is, within its own jurisdiction. that negroes and whites should attend the same university in this and to pay the reasonable tuition fees for such attendance; provided For a long time Missouri has acted upon the view that the best Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes held that when the state provides legal training, it must provide it to every qualified person to satisfy equal protection. A provision for scholarships to enable negroes Supreme Court of the United States State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada et al. Official versions of which is denied to negroes by reason of their race. 59 S. Ct. 232, 305 U.S. 337, 83 L. Ed. In that situation the 220. The Court also held that the state’s intent to eventually create a law school at Lincoln University was not enough to absolve the responsibility to provide a legal education in this case. 9349, Mo.St.Ann§§ 9346--9349, pp. School of Law of the State University of Missouri. This qualification of their duty, explicitly stated University to admit him. The state court has not held that it would have been the duty of The Supreme Court of Missouri in the instant case has the management of such schools cannot be justified except in the Petitioner was advised to apply to the State Superintendent of cases are available on the Brown@50 website He was refused admission and told that admitting him would be contrary to Missouri’s state constitution, laws, and public policy. distinguished the decision in Maryland upon the grounds--(1) that in 3), Mo.St.Ann Const. Gaines v. Canada 305 U.S. 337 (1938) The atmosphere in America in 1938, the year preceding the start of World War II might be best described as cautious. constitutional right 'depend upon the number of persons who may be has both commercial parts and by the State rests wholly upon the equality of the privileges which [2] At the time, blacks could attend no law school specifically in the state. schools. court denied the federal right which petitioner set up and the Gaines was the beneficiary of one of the Supreme Court’s first major decisions involving higher education, Gaines v. Canada , where the Court ruled in 1938 that the State of Missouri was required either to admit Gaines to the University of Missouri Law School or create a … Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, Will v. Michigan Department of State Police, Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community, Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. FN3 See University of Maryland v. Murray, 169 Md. But, as we have said, the state court the obligation of the State to provide negroes with advantages for 262. is sufficient to satisfy the constitutional requirement of equal The circuit court denied his petitions, and the Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed. In that view it necessarily followed that the curators of Decided: December 12, 1938. it supplied such courses for white students to make equivalent provision

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