As the chief counsel for the NAACP in this landmark decision. he successfully brought about not only an overturn of the 60 year old Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling. but one made by a unanimous vote which virtually every observer and constitutional expert predicted was impossible prior to the Courts decision. Subsequently. Thurgood Marshall distinguished himself as a justice on the U.S. Court of Appeals. where he wrote over 150 decisions. many of which impact many lives. Support for immigrant rights. limiting government intrusion in illegal search and seizure. double jeopardy and right to privacy cases were only some of the landmark decisions he reached. As U.S. Solicitor General.
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