one.Dissenting Opinion. None.Evaluation. In this particular case, the justices continued to follow the trend of other cases that questioned the equal protection clause before it. The court admitted Sweatt to the University of Texas law school because of unequal opportunities in the Negro facility. This case drew closer to ridding the nation of “ separate but equal,”sated in the 14th amendment.There were several cases that led the Supreme Court justices to making their decision in Sweatt v. Painter. The first in 1938 was Gaines v. Canada where as the state was required to provide an equal legal educational facility. In 1948, Sopuel v. Board of Regents provided Negro’s with educational facilities as soon as anyone else. Fisher v. Hurst also played a role in 1948 as it established “ separate law schools for Negro’s.” All of this put together led to the Sweatt decision which then in turn paved the way for the famous Brown v. of Education which abolished the “ separate but equal” ruling for good. ...
