Question 3 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education . They are premised on different facts and different local conditions, but a common legal question justifies their consideration together in this consolidated opinion. Based on this excerpt, The Supreme Court chose to consider the case due to
Answer
A
the condition of schools in remote localities.
B
a concern about the treatment of citizens.
C
the wide variety of facts presented to them.
D
a legal issue shared by a number of cases.
Explanation
The excerpt says the cases involved different facts and local conditions, but that they shared “a common legal question.” Because that legal issue applied to multiple cases, the Court considered them together in one opinion. Choice B, “a legal issue shared by a number of cases,” states this reason.
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