Brown v. Board of Education AND State v. Zimmerman

Brown v Board of Education (347 U.S. 483) and State v Zimmerman (2012-CF-001083-A) are two high-profile cases that captured attentions of many Americans and illustrated laws at the time. The Brown v Board of Education was a Supreme Court case. This case's author of opinion came from United States Supreme Court Justice, Mr. Warren. One of the facts of the case is that were 4 other states that were a part of the case: Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and Delaware, where plaintiffs sought to obtain admission to public schools on a nonsegregated basis. "In each of the cases other than the Delaware case, a three-judge federal district denied relief to the plaintiffs of the so-called 'separate but equal' doctrine announced by the Court in Plessy v Ferguson." Because Delaware was not in agreement with the opinion of the other states, it made the opinion a dissenting opinion. The law/ruling of the case comes from the 14th Amendment along with the Plessy v Ferguson case ruling. The rationale for the opinion of the case was that the Supreme Court Justices agreed that the segregation of children in public schools, on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other 'tangible' factors may be equal, will deprive the children of the minority group to receive equal educational opportunities. The State v Zimmerman case is a little different. For starters, the State v Zimmerman case was not a Supreme Court case like Brown v Board of Education. It is a criminal case, and because so, there is no author of opinion and isn't concurring or dissenting. The facts of the case are that on Sunday, February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin walked to a nearby Seven Eleven, where he purchased a can of iced tea and a bag of skittles. While Martin was walking back to the gated community where he was temporarily staying at with his father, he was being watched by George Zimmerman, who also lived in the gated community. Zimmerman was in his car at the time when he made a call to the police to tell them that he believed Martin looked suspicious. A police dispatcher informed Zimmerman that an officer was on the way, and that Zimmerman should wait for the officer to arrive. During this time, Martin was on the phone with a friend and described to her what was happening. Martin attempted to run home, when Zimmerman got out of his vehicle and started following Martin. The ending result was Zimmerman shooting Martin, and killing him. Zimmerman was initially charged with 2nd degree murder. The disposition of the case were various motion: Motion to Revoke Bond, Motion for various media outlets to intervene, Motion for Protective Order, Motion for Gag Order, Motion to allow telephonic testimony, Motion to disqualify trial judge and a Motion to permit the Defendant to appear in Civilian Clothing. These are just a few of the dispositions of the case. The verdict of the case ruled in favor of the defendant. Zimmerman was found not guilty.