Briggs v. Elliott
United States Supreme Court
Transcript of Argument December 9-10 (1952)

- Written by Sean Carroll, JD
Facts
Black schoolchildren (the students) (plaintiffs) sued school officials (defendants) claiming that required segregation in public schools denied students the equal protection of the law. In the district court, the students introduced expert testimony stating that there was no recognizable difference between children based on race. The school officials did not call any expert witnesses to rebut this expert testimony. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari. The school officials argued that it was not necessary to call expert witnesses to rebut the students’ expert because there were myriad other sources that contradicted the testimony.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Frankfurter, J.)
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