Browder v. Gayle

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Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.

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instanceOf United States federal court case ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
appellateCourt United States Supreme Court ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ⓘ
decisionDate 1956-06-05 ⓘ
decisionType 2–1 decision in district court ⓘ
defendant W. A. Gayle ⓘ
defendantDescription Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
effect contributed to the end of the Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ
ended legal bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
struck a major blow against Jim Crow laws in the American South ⓘ
enforcement desegregation of Montgomery city buses ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first major federal court victories of the modern civil rights movement ⓘ
holding racial segregation on Montgomery city buses is unconstitutional ⓘ
segregation on public buses violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
impact advanced the civil rights movement ⓘ
challenged the legality of Jim Crow segregation ⓘ
served as a legal victory for the Montgomery Improvement Association ⓘ
judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. ⓘ
Richard T. Rives ⓘ
Seybourn H. Lynne ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal courts ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of bus segregation laws ⓘ
racial segregation on public buses ⓘ
location Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
plaintiff Aurelia S. Browder ⓘ
Claudette Colvin ⓘ
Mary Louise Smith ⓘ
Susie McDonald ⓘ
precedent Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
precedentUsedFor applying Brown v. Board of Education to public transportation ⓘ
relatedEvent Rosa Parks’ arrest on December 1, 1955 ⓘ
relatedOrganization Montgomery Improvement Association ⓘ
relatedPerson Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Rosa Parks ⓘ
relatedTo Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ
subjectMatter segregation in public transportation ⓘ
supremeCourtAffirmanceDate 1956-11-13 ⓘ
supremeCourtDisposition per curiam affirmance ⓘ
supremeCourtMandateIssuedDate 1956-12-20 ⓘ
yearDecided 1956 ⓘ

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