Sweatt v. Painter
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Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T84541 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sweatt v. Painter Context triple: [Thurgood Marshall, notableWork, Sweatt v. Painter]
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Browder v. Gayle
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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B.
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County was a landmark civil rights case challenging racial segregation in Virginia’s public schools that became one of the five cases consolidated into the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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C.
Smith v. Allwright
Smith v. Allwright was a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down racially exclusive primary elections, significantly advancing African American voting rights.
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D.
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education is the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the “separate but equal” doctrine.
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E.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sweatt v. Painter Target entity description: Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
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A.
Browder v. Gayle
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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B.
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County was a landmark civil rights case challenging racial segregation in Virginia’s public schools that became one of the five cases consolidated into the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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C.
Smith v. Allwright
Smith v. Allwright was a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down racially exclusive primary elections, significantly advancing African American voting rights.
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D.
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education is the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the “separate but equal” doctrine.
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E.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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desegregation case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| arguedDate |
1950-04-04
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1950-04-05 ⓘ |
| citation | 339 U.S. 629 ⓘ |
| clauseInvolved | Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1950-06-05 ⓘ |
| decisionType | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| doctrineAffected | separate but equal ⓘ |
| findingOnFacilities | The separate Black law school was inferior in faculty, library, course offerings, and reputation. ⓘ |
| fullName |
Heman Marion Sweatt v. Theophilus S. Painter, et al.
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linked to:
Sweatt v. Painter
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| holding |
Separate law school facilities for Black students in Texas were not substantially equal to those for white students.
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The Equal Protection Clause requires that Heman Sweatt be admitted to the University of Texas Law School. ⓘ |
| impact |
helped undermine the legal basis of segregated professional and graduate schools
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laid groundwork for the Supreme Court’s rejection of school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| influenced | desegregation of public higher education in the United States ⓘ |
| institutionInvolved | University of Texas School of Law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Texas
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linked to:
Texas
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| legalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
racial segregation in higher education ⓘ |
| locationOfInstitution |
Austin, Texas
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linked to:
Austin
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| majorityOpinionBy | Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ |
| partyRace | Heman Sweatt was African American ⓘ |
| petitioner | Heman Marion Sweatt ⓘ |
| precedentFor | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| reasoning | Intangible factors such as reputation, alumni influence, and interaction with other students are part of legal education equality. ⓘ |
| relatedCase | McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents ⓘ |
| remedy | mandamus to admit petitioner to the University of Texas Law School ⓘ |
| respondent | Theophilus S. Painter ⓘ |
| respondentRole | President of the University of Texas ⓘ |
| resultForPetitioner |
Heman Sweatt was ordered admitted to the University of Texas Law School
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linked to:
Sweatt v. Painter
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| segregatedSchoolCreated | separate law school for Black students in Houston, Texas ⓘ |
| segregatedSchoolName |
Texas State University for Negroes School of Law
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linked to:
Texas Southern University
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| segregationPolicy |
University of Texas Law School excluded Black applicants
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linked to:
Sweatt v. Painter
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| state | Texas ⓘ |
| stateActionChallenged | Texas policy of racially segregated legal education ⓘ |
| stateCourtFromWhichAppealed |
Supreme Court of Texas
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linked to:
Texas Supreme Court
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| subjectMatter | admission to public law school ⓘ |
| vote | 9–0 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1950 ⓘ |
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Subject: Sweatt v. Painter Description of subject: Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs
linked to: Sweatt v. Painter
linked to: Sweatt v. Painter
Sweatt v. Painter
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resultForPetitioner
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Heman Sweatt was ordered admitted to the University of Texas Law School
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linked to: Sweatt v. Painter
subject linked to:
Thoroughgood Marshall
linked to: Sweatt v. Painter
subject linked to:
Heman Sweatt was African American
subject linked to:
Heman Sweatt was African American
linked to: Sweatt v. Painter
linked to: Sweatt v. Painter
subject linked to:
Heman
Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights at the University of Texas at Austin
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relatedTo
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Sweatt v. Painter
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subject linked to:
Thurgood Marshall (in part dissenting overall)