Talk:Browder v. Gayle

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I had listed the entire judgment for Browder v. Gayle as handed down by the District Court. There should be no copyright violation for this since it needs to be listed verbatim without any alteration. I will add context to the case as soon as possible. I have written in the reference for the article. --speedoflight 09:39, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Yep, this isn't a copyvio. What you didn't mention is that it's from a government site. --Woohookitty^{(cat scratches)} 09:34, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. I wanted to add this article in for there's mention of this caselaw in the Rosa Parks article. I will add context to the case/wikify as soon as I can. --speedoflight 09:39, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Judgement

Don't include copies of primary sources that are only useful in verbatim. As the text of the judgement is only useful in verbatim, I suggest transwiki to Wikisource or removal. --Wikiacc (talk) 20:39, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions

I don't have a Wikipedia account, but thought I would share these thoughts on the off chance they are helpful.

(1) Have the Rosa Parks page point to this page.

(2) For such a famous case I think it would be valuable to fill in some gaps, if possible, in what happened to the case between June and December 1956. Not that I am in a position to do so myself, mind you; moreover, I fear it might take some digging through paper records somewhere. But here are some examples of what I’m referring to:

(a) Did Gayle appeal the decision? I couldn’t find an answer to that anywhere, although we presume so, since otherwise there would have been no point for the US Supreme Court to affirm it on 11/13/56. Did the appeal go through the US Court of Appeals, and if so, what did they do with it? Or was some way found to send it directly to the US Supreme Court?

(b) In what form did the 11/13/56 US Supreme Court decision (affirming the Browder v. Gayle decision) take? I could not find a record of the decision anywhere. I’m not a lawyer, but perhaps the 11/13/56 decision was merely a refusal to hear the case, or a one word answer – “Affirmed” – with no official SCOTUS vote recorded.

(c) Are there any other written records (briefs, etc)? Unlike the typical 100-page nuanced opinions we often see today, this one is breathtakingly short. It doesn’t even mention Brown v. Board of Education, which itself is pretty short.

--Bob

Suggestion: Mention that while Brown v. Board of Education is considered the case to have overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, this case is important because it directly overturns Plessy, as both regard segregation on public transportation.

--Guest

[edit] Cleanup

I posted the Cleanup tag because I can't find a clear statement of the decision! Who did it apply to? Simesa 06:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

For the decision, see the November 10 edit by Speedoflight. Simesa 06:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)