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What was the issue in the Supreme Court case if Plessy v. Ferguson? What did the court rule?

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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".

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