 In "Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County", a state court rejected the suit, agreeing with defense attorney T. Justin Moore that Virginia was vigorously equalizing black and white schools.The verdict was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and was subsequently incorporated into "Brown v. Board of Education", in which the court ruled against the principle of "separate but equal" facilities and mandated the integration of public school systems.In 1953-54, as part of an argument that it was active in seeking to improve separate but equal conditions, the county built a new high school for African-Americans, and this building became an elementary school.