In the case of Sipuel v. Oklahoma, the ruling of the case proved that the southern states were starting to worry. Marshall took the case in defense of Ada Lois Sipuel, who was denied to Oklahoma Law School. The case went up to the Supreme Court and back down to Oklahoma high court “which ordered the University either to admit Miss Sipuel to the white law school or to open up a separate one for her…” The school in turn roped off a section of the school for black students. Marshall argued that the teachings she was receiving in a roped off area of the school were clearly not equal to the education the whites were receiving. On paper, the ruling did not seem to be significant because the school was forced to make a decision and they chose to