The doctrine of "separate but equal" did not make its ... cannot turn on merely a comparison of these tangible factors in the Negro and white schools involved in each of the cases.

The decision of whether the Fourteenth Amendment makes "separate but equal" schools unconstitutional, reduces down to the question: does a segregated school system conform to one's ideal of equality?

The doctrine of "separate but equal" did not make its ... cannot turn on merely a comparison of these tangible factors in the Negro and white schools involved in each of the cases.