The Case of Cooper V. Aaron

question 50

Multiple Choice

The case of Cooper v. Aaron

• A) invalidated the exclusion of black students from law school absent some other provision from their legal training.
• B) rejected an attempt to create a separate law school for blacks by roping off a section of the state capitol and assigning three law teachers to them.
• C) invalidated an attempt to create an alternative law school for blacks because any such alternative would be inherently different in the reputation of its faculty.
• D) rejected as "unequal" an attempt to provide graduate education to a black student by making him sit in a classroom surrounded by a railing marked "reserved for colored."
• E) ruled that no scheme of racial discrimination can stand if "there is state participation through any arrangement, management, funds, or property."

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Definitions:

Voir Dire

A legal process in jury selection where potential jurors are questioned about their qualifications and ability to judge a case impartially.

Change Of Venue

Moving a trial to a new location where there has been less pretrial publicity.

Recovered Memories

Memories of traumatic events that were unconsciously blocked and later brought back to consciousness.

Challenge For Cause

A request made by an attorney that a potential juror be removed from the jury panel because he or she is clearly biased and will be unable to hear the case fairly.