Landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases

POSTED: 09:28 AM PDT Mar 27, 2012    UPDATED: 06:22 AM PST Feb 27, 2013 

Take a look back at the landmark cases that shaped our nation.

Supreme Court - Plessy
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Russell Lee/U.S. Library of Congress

Plessy vs. Ferguson -- This 1896 case coined the term "separate but equal" for blacks, but only legally. Segregation remained in place for decades after that.

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