Sweatt+v.+Painter


 * 1. Case Title: Sweatt v. Painter **


 * 2. Date of Hearing: April 4, 1950 and decided on June 5, 1950 **


 * 3. Chief Justice and brief biographical sketch **
 * Fred Vison 13th chief justice of the supreme court (Vinson?) **
 * Appointed by President Truman **
 * Court cases main subjects were Racial Segregation, labor unions, communism, and loyalty oaths **
 * Important cases besides Sweatt vs. Painter **
 * McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950) **
 * Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) **
 * In his time of being chief Justice he wrote 77 Opinions for the court and 13 dissents. (Dissents are opinions written by a judge or judges that go against the majorities opinion.) Check capitalization for this section. Should be more than just bullet points. **


 * 4. Documents or amendments to the Constitution relevant to the Constitution relevant to the case **
 * Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment (Seperate but Equal) **


 * 5. Summary of the case/ analysis in your own words **
 * In 1946 Heman Sweatt applied to go to university of Texas law school and his application was denied obviously because he was black. When Sweatt was denied because he was black he decided to sue the school, and the president of the school at the time was Theopilus Painter. The court claimed seperate but equal and we all know that wasn’t the case. (which court? State supreme court?) So Sweatt appealed to the supreme court but that was denied. When that happen Sweatt got the NAACP Behind him and then brought his case to the supreme court. At the same time, the University of Texas created an all black law school at the University of Southern Texas. When this happened the Chief Justice Fred Vison found the University of Southern Texas not to be equal to the University of Texas and ordered Sweatt to be admitted to the University of Texas **


 * 6. Main Issue/ argument of the case **
 * The case argued that Herman Sweatt should be admitted to The University of Texas becuase the University of Southern Texas wasn't equal to the University of Texas (what did the University of Texas say in its defense?) **


 * 7. Decision rendered by the court plus the vote **
 * The court found that Sweatt should be granted admission to The University of Texas Law school by a unanimous vote **


 * 8. Who voted what, dissenting, and why? **
 * All the justices Fred Vinson, Hugo Black, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William Douglas, Robert Jackson, Harold Burton, Tom Clark, and Sherman Minton voted in favor of Sweatt because they found that the recently created law school for blacks Texas Southern University didn’t qualify as an equal school to that of University of Texas **


 * 9. Who were members of the court at that time and how long on the court? **
 * Fred Vinson 4 years, Hugo Black 13 years, Stanley Reed 12 years, Felix Frankfurter 11 years, William Douglas 11 years, Robert Jackson 9 years, Harold Burton 5 years, Tom Clark 1 year, and Sherman Minton 1 year **


 * 10. What is your personal opinion of the case? Explain **
 * We felt that the case was rightfully voted on by the Supreme Court. We think that it would’ve been very unjust if Sweatt would’ve been denied admittance to University of Texas, and had to go to the not as good school in the form of Texas Southern University. We felt like Herman Sweatt at the end was treated fairly like he should have been treated all along **


 * 11. What if this case had gone the other way? **
 * If the case would’ve gone the other way it would’ve showed the weakness of the Separate but Equal clause of the 14th amendment. It would’ve set back the progression of African Americans receiving better rights because it would’ve showed that you could get away with giving African American facilities which weren’t as good as the facilities used by whites. **

Bibliography: "Fred Vinson Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com." __Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com __. 14 Feb. 2012 .

"Sweatt v. Painter Archive." 14 Feb. 2012 .

"Sweatt v. Painter (1950)." __Dickinson Blogs __. 14 Feb. 2012 .

"Sweatt v. Painter." __Legal Information Institute __. 04 Apr. 1950. 14 Feb. 2012 

"The Power of Precedent - Separate Is Not Equal." __National Museum of American History __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. 14 Feb. 2012 []. ** 7/7 Bibliography ** ** 23/28 Content -- make sure there's more analysis in here from the segregation p.o.v. Plus, looking at this case, why was college o.k. to break through the color barrier but not elementary or middle schools? It took 4 more years for Brown v. Board to come to the court. Plus, Thurgood Marshall is involved in this case. The CJ section should be written out. ** ** 3/5 Organization -- Everything is bold. I can't tell the headings from the sections! Plus, please please punctuate sentences w/ periods and capitalize. ** ** 33/40 Total **