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Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri, et al.
305 U.S. 580·Supreme Court of the United States·1938
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Opinion
No. 57.
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri, et al.
October 10, 1938.
Messrs. Charles H. Houston and Leon A. Ransom for petitioner.
Messrs. Fred L. Williams, Fred L. English, and William S. Hogsett for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Cburt of Missouri granted.