they filed suit on behalf of donald murray, a young student, and amherst grad, and the sign of a prominent baltimore failure. they filed suit against the university of maryland, and the case was being so hopeless by black marylanders and white folks paid it no mind in maryland, that no one showed up to watch the case. no one except thurgood marshall's father, willie, who would've been there if there had been a hit-and-run trial. their argument was simple. the university of maryland is obligated under plessy v. ferguson to provide separate but equal law schools. the university of maryland provides the university of maryland for its white students. maryland provide no law school for its black students. they don't have one. so and he'll maryland builds a law school for its black students, and builds an equal law school for its black students, maryland must allow its black applicants who are qualified to attend the university of maryland. houston and marshall assured the trial judge we're not asking you to overturn plessy. we are asking you to enforce plessy v. ferguson. you have to make this