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Equal Protection

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The Fourteenth Amendment guarantee that similarly situated persons be treated alike.

Leading & Recent Cases (1)

Brown v. Board of Education

ControllingJudicial Opinion

347 U.S. 483 (1954)

Supreme Court of the United States · May 17, 1954 · U.S. Supreme Court

Brown held that racial segregation in public education violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court found that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, overturning the separate-but-equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in the context of public education.

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Suggested Research Questions

  • What is the controlling standard for equal protection?
  • How do jurisdictions differ on equal protection?
  • What is the current status of the law on equal protection?