Five cases from Delaware, Kansas, Washington, D.C., South Carolina and Virginia were appealed to the United States Supreme Court when none of the cases was successful in the lower courts. The Supreme Court combined these cases into a single case which eventually became Brown v. Board of Education. The five cases were:

• Delaware -- Belton v. Gebhart (Bulah v. Gebhart)
• Kansas -- Brown v. Board of Education
• Washington, D.C. -- Bolling v. Sharp
• South Carolina -- Briggs v. Elliot
• Virginia -- Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County