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Brown v Board of Education of Topeka

347 U.S. 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 has no place in public education.

Key Principle

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

Area of Law

constitutional

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