Berea College v. Kentucky
Berea College v. Kentucky, 211 U.S. 45 (1908), was a significant case argued before the United States Supreme Court that upheld the rights of states to prohibit private educational institutions chartered as corporations from admitting both black and white students. Like the related Plessy v. Ferguson case, it was also marked by a strongly worded dissent by John Marshall Harlan. The ruling also is a minor landmark on the nature of corporate personhood.
| Berea College v. Kentucky | |
|---|---|
Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued April 10, 13, 1908 Decided November 9, 1908 | |
| Full case name | Berea College, Plaintiff in Error, v. Commonwealth of Kentucky |
| Citations | 211 U.S. 45 (more) 29 S. Ct. 33; 53 L. Ed. 81 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Affirmed, 123 Ky. 209, 94 S.W. 623. Reviewed by the Supreme Court on writ of error. |
| Holding | |
| States can legally prohibit private educational institutions chartered as corporations from admitting both black and white students. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Brewer, joined by Fuller, White, Peckham, McKenna |
| Concurrence | Holmes (in the judgment of the court only) |
| Concurrence | Moody (in the judgment of the court only) |
| Dissent | Harlan |
| Dissent | Day |
Overruled by | |
| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | |
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