Charge or Claim: These cases were decided on May 17, 1954. The opinions of that date, declaring the fundamental principle that racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional, are incorporated herein by reference. All provisions of federal, state, or local law requiring or permitting such …show more content…
They are premised on different facts and different local conditions, but a common legal question justifies their consideration together in this consolidated opinion.
Disposition: The Supreme Court included no guidance in Brown v. Board of Education on how to actually implement desegregation. Instead, it called for further court discussions, after which it issued a second unanimous ruling in May 1955. Known as Brown II, this seven-paragraph decision tasked local federal judges with making sure that school authorities integrated “with all deliberate speed”—an ambiguous phrase that repudiated the NAACP’s plea for tight deadlines.
Concurring and dissenting opinions: Following the oral argument, chief Justice Warren told his fellow justice’s that the “separate but equal” doctrine should be over turned. Some were still on the fence of whether or not to overturn that doctrine but the efforts of Chief Warren, he was able to turn the other justice’s