Brown v. Sutton was a Supreme Court case that was decided in 1954. The case involved a dispute between two African-American students, James Brown and William Sutton, who were denied admission to the University of North Carolina School of Law. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Brown and Sutton, finding that the university had violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by denying them admission on the basis of race. The Court held that the university's policy of racial segregation was unconstitutional and that the state had a duty to provide equal educational opportunities to all students regardless of race. The decision in Brown v. Sutton was a landmark ruling that helped to pave the way for the desegregation of public schools and universities across the United States.

In the dissenting opinion of Brown v. Sutton, Justice Frankfurter argued that the majority’s decision was based on an overly broad interpretation of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment and would lead to a “vast expansion” in federal power over state laws. He believed that Congress had not intended for such a sweeping change when it passed this amendment and thus, he felt it should be interpreted more narrowly. Furthermore, he argued that if states were allowed to regulate private contracts between individuals then they could also pass legislation regulating other areas which are traditionally left up to individual discretion such as marriage or religious beliefs; something which is clearly unconstitutional according to previous Supreme Court decisions. In conclusion, Justice Frankfurter believed that while there may have been some instances where state regulation of private contracts violated constitutional rights, this case did not present one and therefore should not be used as precedent for future cases involving similar issues.