How many cases were consolidated in the US Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education?

Answer 1

Brown was a consolidation of four cases heard the same day as a fifth, companion case (Bolling v. Sharpe), that had to be considered separately because it originated in the District of Columbia, federal territory.

The four cases consolidated underBrown:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954) (Kansas)

Briggs v. Elliot (South Carolina)*

Davis v. County Board of Education of Prince Edward County (Virginia)

Gebhart v. Belton (Delaware)

Companion case, heard separately:

Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 US 497 (1954)

*Briggs v. Elliot, 342 US 350 (1952) originally came before the court in 1952, but the decision was vacated and the case remanded back to US District Court for disposition.

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

Answer 2

Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) was a unanimous 9-0 decision of the US Supreme Court.

Chief Justice

Earl Warren

Associate Justices

Hugo Black

Stanley F. Reed

Felix Frankfurter

William O. Douglas

Robert H. Jackson

Harold H. Burton

Tom C. Clark

Sherman Minton

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

Answer 3

The US Supreme Court's vote in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) holding segregation in public education is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause was unanimous at 9-0.

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

Answer 4

The decision of the United States Supreme Court was arranged so all justices voted for the final decision. It was a unanimous decision. Some had wanted it one way immediately; others had wanted it to go slower. The compromise reached behind closed doors read, "with all deliberate speed." That way the decision could be unanimous.

Answer 5

Nine. The decision was unanimous. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinin of the Court.

Answer 6

all of them