ADA LOIS SIPUEL PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, GEORGE L. CROSS, MAURICE H. MERRILL, GEORGE WADSACK and ROY GITTINGER DEFENDANTS IN ERROR
No. 32756
MOTION FOR ORAL ARGUMENT Come now the plaintiff in error and respectfully moves the court to grant leave to submit oral argument in this cause, and in support thereof represents and shows to the court as follows: 1. This appeal presents questions of general and state-wide interest and importance involving the constitutionality of the seperate school laws of the State of Oklahoma. 2. The appeal in this case involves a novel question of general interest and importance which has not heretofore been decided by this court, to-wit: The refusal of the Board of Regents and the administrative officers of the University of Oklahoma to admit plaintiff in error to the School of Law constitutes a denial of rights secured under the Fourteent Amendment of the constitution of the United States. 3. The nature and affect of this appeal is such that a proper presentation of the questions involved warrants submission of oral argument.
Respectfully submitted, [signature] Amos T. Hall [signature] Thurgood Marshall [signature] Robert L. Carter Attorneys for Plaintiff in Error
Motion for Oral Argument Ada Lois Sipuel v. OU Board of Regents. State Supreme Court Civil Case No. 32756 regarding the first African-American woman admitted to the University of Oklahoma law school in 1948.
[specific document title], Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Civil Case No. 32756, Record Group 29-1-3, Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK.
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ADA LOIS SIPUEL PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, GEORGE L. CROSS, MAURICE H. MERRILL, GEORGE WADSACK and ROY GITTINGER DEFENDANTS IN ERROR
No. 32756
MOTION FOR ORAL ARGUMENT Come now the plaintiff in error and respectfully moves the court to grant leave to submit oral argument in this cause, and in support thereof represents and shows to the court as follows: 1. This appeal presents questions of general and state-wide interest and importance involving the constitutionality of the seperate school laws of the State of Oklahoma. 2. The appeal in this case involves a novel question of general interest and importance which has not heretofore been decided by this court, to-wit: The refusal of the Board of Regents and the administrative officers of the University of Oklahoma to admit plaintiff in error to the School of Law constitutes a denial of rights secured under the Fourteent Amendment of the constitution of the United States. 3. The nature and affect of this appeal is such that a proper presentation of the questions involved warrants submission of oral argument.
Respectfully submitted, [signature] Amos T. Hall [signature] Thurgood Marshall [signature] Robert L. Carter Attorneys for Plaintiff in Error
Citation
[specific document title], Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Civil Case No. 32756, Record Group 29-1-3, Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK.
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Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us/cdm4/rights.php
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