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Case Name
Briggs v. Elliott
SD-SC-0001
Docket / Court
Civ. A. No. 2657 ( D.S.C. )
State/Territory
South Carolina
Case Type(s)
Education
School Desegregation
Attorney Organization
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Case Summary
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Constitutional Clause
Equal Protection
Content of Injunction
Discrimination Prohibition
Defendant-type
Elementary/Secondary School
Discrimination-basis
Race discrimination
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Race
Black
White
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Chairman
School Board
Plaintiff Description
Black students attending school in Clarendon District 22.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Yes
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer
Yes
Nature of Relief
Declaratory Judgment
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief
Litigation
Filed
12/22/1950
Case Closing Year
1960
Case Ongoing
No reason to think so
Related Cases
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Case Listing
SD-SC-0005
: Brunson v. Board of Trustees of Clarendon County (D.S.C.)
Additional Resources
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Briggs v. Elliott
South Carolina Encyclopedia
Date: May 17, 2016
By: W. Marvin Dulaney ( University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies)
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Clarendon County in Black & White: A Visit to the Home of Briggs v. Elliott, 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
Date: Spring 2004
By: David J. Garrow
Citation: 7 Green Bag 2d 237
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Documents
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Docket(s)
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General Documents
D.S.C.
06/23/1951
Opinion
(98 F.Supp. 529)
SD-SC-0001-0001.pdf
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U.S. Supreme Court
01/28/1952
Opinion
(342 U.S. 350)
SD-SC-0001-0002.pdf
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Detail
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D.S.C.
03/13/1952
Opinion
(103 F.Supp. 920)
SD-SC-0001-0003.pdf
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D.S.C.
07/15/1955
Opinion
(132 F.Supp. 776)
SD-SC-0001-0004.pdf
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Black, Hugo Lafayette
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Burton, Harold Hitz
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Clark, Tom C.
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Dobie, Armistead Mason
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Douglas, William Orville
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Frankfurter, Felix
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Jackson, Robert Houghwout
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Minton, Sherman
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Parker, John Johnston
(Fourth Circuit)
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Reed, Stanley Forman
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SD-SC-0001-0002
Timmerman, George Bell Sr.
(D.S.C., E.D. S.C., W.D. S.C.)
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SD-SC-0001-0001 | SD-SC-0001-0003 | SD-SC-0001-0004
Waring, Julius Waties
(D.S.C., E.D. S.C.)
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