page_title: Impact litigation
hierarchical_section_title: Impact litigation
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Judgment, Brown v. Board of Education, 05/31/1955 From: Record Group/Collection: 267 Record Hierarchy Level: Item Scope and Content Note: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, five separate cases consolidated under a single name, addressed racial segregation in public schools. One year and two weeks after the ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, the Suprem Reference Unit: National Archives Washington, DC Reference Section Persistent URL: &lt;a href="https://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=301669" rel="nofollow"&gt;arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=301669&lt;/a&gt; Repository Contact Information: Archives I Reference Section, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCT1-R), National Archives Building, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408. Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at &lt;a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html&lt;/a&gt; Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
context_page_description: Impact litigation or strategic litigation is the practice of bringing lawsuits intended to effect societal change. Impact litigation cases may be class action lawsuits or individual claims with broader significance, and may rely on statutory law arguments or on constitutional claims. Such litigation has been widely and successfully used to influence public policy, especially by left-leaning groups, and often attracts significant media attention.
context_section_description: Impact litigation or strategic litigation is the practice of bringing lawsuits intended to effect societal change. Impact litigation cases may be class action lawsuits or individual claims with broader significance, and may rely on statutory law arguments or on constitutional claims. Such litigation has been widely and successfully used to influence public policy, especially by left-leaning groups, and often attracts significant media attention.
caption: The first page of the U.S. Supreme Court judgement in Brown v. Board of Education, the "mother of all impact litigation".[1]