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  2. Plessy v. Ferguson - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 November 2024. 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation 1896 United States Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 13, 1896 Decided May 18, 1896 Full case name Homer A. Plessy v. John H. Ferguson Citations 163 U.S. 537 (more) 16 S. Ct. 1138; 41 L ...

  3. Separate but equal - Wikipedia

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    The railroad could refuse service to passengers who refused to comply, and the Supreme Court ruled this did not infringe upon the 13th and 14th amendments. The "separate but equal" doctrine applied in theory to all public facilities: not only railroad cars but schools, medical facilities, theaters, restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains.

  4. Brown v. Board of Education - Wikipedia

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    Chief justice Earl Warren, the author of the Supreme Court's unanimous opinion in Brown. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9–0 decision in favor of the Brown family and the other plaintiffs. The decision consists of a single opinion written by chief justice Earl Warren, which all the justices joined. [38]

  5. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, the high court reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court, requiring the University of Oklahoma to remove the restrictions under which McLaurin was attending the institution. This case together with Sweatt v. Painter, which was decided the same day, marked the end of the separate but equal doctrine of Plessy v.

  6. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court did not overturn Plessy v. Ferguson or violate the "separate but equal" precedents, but began to concede the difficulty and near-impossibility of a state maintaining segregated Black and white institutions that could never be truly equal. This case helped forge the legal framework for Brown v.

  7. The biggest Supreme Court decisions of 2024: From ... - AOL

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    The Supreme Court on Aug. 16, 2024, kept preliminary injunctions preventing the Biden-Harris administration from implementing a new rule that widened the definition of sex discrimination under ...

  8. Appeals court: Separate, distinct minority groups can't join ...

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    Distinct minority groups cannot join together in coalitions to claim their votes are diluted in redistricting cases under the Voting Rights Act, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday ...

  9. Sweatt v. Painter - Wikipedia

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    Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950), was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. The case was influential in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education four years later.