▁board ▁of ▁education , ▁and ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁primarily ▁exerc ised ▁by ▁the ▁general ▁assembly . ▁ ▁R uling ▁ ▁The ▁court ▁sust ained ▁the ▁r uling ▁of ▁the ▁trial ▁court ▁which ▁permitted ▁M s . ▁Clark ▁to ▁attend ▁" G ram mar ▁school ▁No 2 ". ▁This ▁r uling ▁was ▁substantial ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁court ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁separate ▁was ▁not ▁equal . ▁ ▁Op in ion ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁opinion ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁the ▁Judge ▁Ch ester ▁C . ▁Cole ▁makes ▁the ▁argument ▁that ▁separate ▁was ▁not ▁equal ▁because ▁he ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁was ▁just ▁a ▁separation ▁of ▁national ity . ▁He ▁then ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁board ▁is ▁to ▁separate ▁one ▁national ity ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁that ▁they ▁must ▁then ▁separate ▁all ▁people ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁national ity . ▁As ▁his ▁argument ▁progress es ▁he ▁states ▁that ▁all ▁youth s ▁are ▁equal ▁before ▁the ▁law , ▁that ▁while ▁school ▁direct ors ▁may ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁dict ate ▁school ▁uniform ▁they ▁do ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁say ▁who ▁can ▁attend ▁their ▁school ▁when ▁the ▁student ▁meets ▁all ▁the ▁necessary ▁requirements . ▁ ▁D issent ▁ ▁Judge ▁George ▁G . ▁Wright ▁stated ▁that ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁constitution ▁provided ▁education ▁for ▁all ▁the ▁youth s ▁of ▁the ▁state , ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁school ▁direct ors ▁should ▁have ▁the ▁overall ▁say ▁in ▁arr anging ▁schools , ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁can ▁direct ▁where ▁the ▁children ▁should ▁attend ▁schools ▁provided ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁kept ▁within