Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
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Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, 323 F.2d 959 (4th Cir. 1963),[1] was a federal case, reaching the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that "separate but equal" racial segregation in publicly funded hospitals was a violation of equal protection under the United States Constitution.
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Simkins v. Cone | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
Full case name | G. C. Simkins, Jr., A. W. Blount, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, and United States of America, Intervenor v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, a Corporation, Harold Bettis, Director of the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, and Wesley Long Community Hospital, a Corporation, and A. O. Smith, Administrator of the Wesley Long Community Hospital |
Argued | April 1, 1963 |
Decided | November 1, 1963 |
Citation(s) | 323 F.2d 959 |
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Judge(s) sitting | Simon Sobeloff, Clement Haynsworth, Herbert Stephenson Boreman, Albert Vickers Bryan, J. Spencer Bell (en banc) |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Sobeloff, joined by Bryan, Bell |
Dissent | Haynsworth, joined by Boreman |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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