which supreme court has decision overturned plessy v. ferguson

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The decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was Brown v. Board of Education, issued by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. In that landmark case, the Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, stating that "separate but equal" educational facilities were inherently unequal and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision effectively overturned the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson.