Thurgood Marshall's legal team needed the Supreme Court to ______.

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Thurgood Marshall's legal team argued that segregation, regardless of the quality of the separate facilities provided, was inherently unequal and violated the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. The team sought a Supreme Court ruling that would declare segregation in public schools unconstitutional, which would require the overturning of the "separate but equal" precedent established by the Plessey v. Ferguson case.

Thurgood Marshall's Legal Team Needed the Supreme Court to ______