June 2000 LSAT
Section 4
Question 9
Ross-Rinehart on June 1, 2022
The scholars say Marshall’s early cases were “necessary forerunners” for Marshall’s successful argument in Brown v. Board. That word necessary is crucial — it means that without Marshall’s early cases, Marshall would not have been able to deliver a successful argument in Brown v. Board. Shelley v. Kraemer is one of those early cases. Therefore, the scholars would have to agree that without Marshall’s argument in Shelley, the Supreme Court probably wouldn’t have ruled in his favor in Brown v. Board.