The Risks of a Supreme Court Case Involving a Black American

The case of pete hernandez was heard by the supreme court in october 19 53. Hernandass team did not have a lot of money, they were basically a collection of local texas lawyers whose own practices and incomes would suffer while they were away. They had to find other attorneys who were already approved to sponsor them and then pay a fee to apply. There are also filing fees for case itself. And the team arguing the case as responsible for paying for all the the briefs to be printed, along with travel to washington, d c,. The rest of their budget was filled in by small donations from other civic organizations and even individual people.