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United States Leading Case equal protectiondesegregationfourteenth amendment

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka

347 U.S. 483 (1954)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1954
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Equal Protection; racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional; separate but equal has no place

Area of Law

constitutional

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