What my Political Science Professor at Cal did Posted on April 24, 2018 by Fritz Pettyjohn Jacobus tenBroek, along with Joseph Tussman, wrote “The Equal Protection of the Law” in the California Law Review of 1949. It was the intellectual foundation of the unanimous 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. That decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which recognized the constitutionality of racial segregation. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading...