Its judgment recognized that the claimants raised “a number of serious arguments,” and that the education system in Ostrava perpetuated racial segregation. But the Court ruled that, absent a showing of actual racial bias in the minds of testers and administrators – virtually impossible to prove – the pervasive reality of racial disadvantage was not unlawful.
但法庭却并不为之所动。法庭承认原告提出了“一些重要的论据，” 俄斯特拉法的教育制度维护了种族隔离。但法庭判决说，由于未能确实证明试验者以及行政长官头脑里存在着种族偏见——事实上无法证实——这种普遍存在的种族劣势不属于非法。