Brown v. Board consolidated five separate school desegregation cases into one ruling.

Evidence

In 1952 the Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider a direct challenge to racial segregation in the public schools in Topeka, Kansas. Similar cases from Delaware, South Carolina, and Virginia were consolidated with Brown on appeal. The Court also heard argument in a fifth case, Bolling v. Sharpe, that dealt with public school segregation in Washington, D.C. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2963

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates the mechanics of consolidation and certiorari — how multiple similar cases merge into a single landmark ruling.