state maintaining segregated black and white institutions that could never be truly equal. Therefore, it can be said that this case helped forge the legal framework for Brown v. Board of Education, which banned segregation in public schools. Despite the initial victory claimed by the NAACP, after the Supreme Court had ruled in Gaines' favor and ordered the Missouri Supreme Court to reconsider the case, Gaines was nowhere to be found. When the University of Missouri soon after moved to dismiss the case, the NAACP did not oppose the motion. See also List of United States Supreme Court Cases Civil Rights Cases Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla. - Sweatt v. Painter - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - Timeline of the civil rights movement References External links A profile of Gaines' attorney, Charles Hamilton Houston, and the Gaines case PBS's case page in their history of segregation 1938 in United States case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court United States equal protection case law United States racial desegregation case law United States education case law 1938 in Missouri 20th century in Columbia, Missouri African-American history in Columbia, Missouri History of racism in Missouri Legal history of Missouri African-American history between emancipation and the civil rights movement University of Missouri Civil rights movement case law