Who was the Assistant Attorney General of Kansas who argued in favor of segregation before the US Supreme Court in Brown v Board of Education?

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Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

Assistant Attorney General Paul E. Wilson argued on behalf of the state of Kansas; however, John W. Davis (South Carolina) was lead counsel for the group during oral arguments.

Attorneys for the respondent states in the consolidated case of Brown v. Board of Education, and its companion case, Bolling v. Sharpe:

John W. Davis (South Carolina)

James Lindsey Almond, Jr. (Virginia)

Paul E. Wilson (Kansas)

H. Albert Young (Delaware)

Milton Korman (District of Columbia)

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