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The Maryland Court of Appeals did not rule against segregation, but under the understanding that segregated schools needed to receive equal opportunities in facilities, and as such required a law school in Maryland to be opened to all races as it was the only law school available in the state.
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The Supreme Court ruled that if in-state education is offered for a subject, there must either be an integrated school or schools for both white and black students. A student could not be sent out of state for schooling solely due to race.
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A supreme court ruling forced the University of Oklahoma to cease the separation an African American student from his fellow students
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The supreme Court ruled that even if facilities for the same subject existed for both white and black students, a school must integrate if it receives noticeably better funding than the other facilities
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A set of five cases that were raised separately but were consolidated in the Supreme Court due to each sharing the same key issue: that the "separate but equal" principle inherently led to unequal treatment. These cases led to segregation in schools being declared unconstitutional and to the systematic desegregation of schools.