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Brown v Board of Education

347 US 483 (1954)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUS Supreme Court
Year1954
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Racial segregation in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; 'separate but equal' doctrine overruled in education context.

Key Principle

Racial segregation in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; 'separate but equal' has no place in public education (Chief Justice Warren, overruling Plessy v Ferguson).

Area of Law

constitutional

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