Is Plessy v. Ferguson still good law?

163 U.S. 537 (1896)

✗ Has been overruled

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Plessy's “separate but equal” doctrine was overruled in public education by Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and has since been repudiated across public life. Do not cite it as good law.

Later authority

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)overruled

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