Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri

Summary

The Court held that Missouri's provision of out‑of‑state tuition for Negro law students does not satisfy the Fourteenth Amendment's equal‑protection guarantee and reversed the Missouri Supreme Court, remanding for further proceedings. The majority emphasized that the state must provide substantially equal in‑state educational opportunities and that mandamus is an appropriate remedy. Justice McReynolds, dissenting, argued that the state's policy and out‑of‑state tuition are adequate and that the lower court's judgment should be affirmed.