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Quotation from Sweatt v. Painter by Supreme Court of the United States
“Few students and no one who has practiced law would choose to study in an academic vacuum, removed from the interplay of ideas and the exchange of views with which the law is concerned.”
Sweatt v. Painter, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Vinson) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Vinson describes the isolation of a school drawing its students from a small part of the state's population.
Citation: "Few students and no one who has practiced law would choose to study in an academic vacuum, removed from the interplay of ideas and the exchange of views with which the law is concerned." — Supreme Court of the United States, Sweatt v. Painter, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Vinson) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id sweatt-v-painter-q4)
Portrait: Fred m vinson, Unknown, Public domain.
