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Browder v. Gayle
Argued June 5, 1956
Decided November 13, 1956
Full case nameAurelia Browder v. W. A. Gayle, Mayor of Montgomery
Citations1147 U.S. (more)
142 F. Supp. 707 - Dist. Court, MD Alabama, 1956
Prior historyDist. Court, MD Alabama, 1956
Holding
The Supreme Court summarily affirmed the district court decision and in effect overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityPer curiam opinion, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV