the only win was a case called gephardt versus belton out of delaware. that time the trial court did order that african-americans be admitted to the segregated schools, the davis decision came out of virginia, which challenged segregation in prince edward's county. and finally, there was a case call briggs versus eliot, from south carolina, which was the first of the cases. but it was -- there were human stories behind each of those cases, and it's almost a coincidence that linda brown, who so movingly spoke, became the face of all five cases. >> how does the court decide to enjoin cases like this into one specific case, and then give that case its title. >> well, i think that in this circumstance, it can consolidon these cases because they raised the same issue with the exception of bowling versus sherrod, which is what jeff spoke about. they were consolidated for convenience and because it made sense to consolidate them and consider this issue, as it was raised in these several states. the naccp strategy involved filing cases in the states where the is