In Which Case Did the Plaintiffs Claim That They Were

question 15

Multiple Choice

In which case did the plaintiffs claim that they were being denied their right to equal protection of the law and that the laws of "separate but equal" were, in fact, not equal?

• A) Strauder v. West Virginia
• B) Dred Scott v. Sanford
• C) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
• D) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

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Springs

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