PENNSYLVANIA V. BOARD OF CITY TRUSTS
353 U.S. 230 (1957)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal, challenging a school admissions policy that bars minority applicants based on a legislative presumption.
FACTS: The founding charter of Girard School in Philadelphia opened admissions to 'poor, white, male orphans.' Petitioners, two indigent orphans were denied admissions because of they were Black. The City of Philadelphia was named as trustee of the Girard School and assumed financial and administrative authority over the school. The Orphans Court upheld the adverse admissions decisions. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded.
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