Fichas
Separate But equal test
Fichas del conjunto (22)
- 1Briggs vs ElliotA man that works at the school takes the school superintendent to court over the unequal and biased Harryschool system
- 2Harry BrigsThe boy that walks 5 miles
- 3Thurgood Marshallattorney for the black parents in the south Carolina court case
- 4The lawsuitlawsuit listed the differences between the white schools
- 514th amendmentone of the civil war amendments (equal protection under the laws)
- 6de jure segregationsegregation established by law
- 7de facto segregationlatin phrase that means by fact segregation that occurred by tradition
- 8Jim crow lawssegregation laws
- 9Original jurisdictionauthority of a court to hear a case
- 10Appellate jurisdictionauthority of a court to hear a case appealed
- 11Legal briefa paper explaining the position of both sides
- 12Majority opiniona statement that presents the views of the majority of the supreme court
- 13Dissenting opiniona statement written by a supreme court who disagrees with the majority opinion
- 14stare decisisprinciple followed by judges and the supreme court
- 15Precedenta ruling that is used as the basis for a decision in a similar case
- 16Due process of lawsmeans fair and equal treatment in a court of law
- 17Dred scott v sanfordcase of a slave named dred scott
- 18Plessy v Fergusona man that who purchased a ticket for a white bus
- 19Brown v Boardbanned segregation in public schools
- 20Briggs v Elliotcase that called segregated schools
- 21Korematsu v usduring WWII Japanese Americans living on the west coast were moved to camps
- 22University of CaliforniaSupreme court case on affirmative action