Supreme Court Certiorari In Sweatt Versus Painter
The United States Supreme Court accepts very few cases to hear each session. What would have been their reasoning to accept the writ of certiorari filed in the case of Sweatt verses Painter (1950)?
AThe legal decisions in the lower courts contained errors in their original filings that needed correction.
BThe defendant, Painter, had no legal right to exclude Sweatt from attending the university.
CThe Supreme Court was starting to become interested in civil rights litigation in 1950.
DThe legal error in the lower court was so gross it required further consideration.