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In Bolling v. Sharpe, the U.S Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The case involved a group of African American students who were denied admission to an all-white public school in Washington D.C., leading their parents to file a lawsuit against the school board. While this case was decided separately from Brown v. Board of Education which dealt with state laws regarding segregation, it reached the same conclusion - that racially segregated education is inherently unequal and thus violates equal protection principles implicit in due process rights granted by federal law (as opposed to state law). This decision marked a significant step towards ending racial discrimination within America's educational system.
The Bolling v. Sharpe case did not have a dissenting opinion. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in the public schools of Washington D.C was unconstitutional, despite the fact that the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause does not directly apply to federal entities such as Washington D.C. Instead, they found this discrimination violated due process clause of Fifth Amendment which applies at federal level and guarantees fundamental fairness and equality under law. Therefore, all nine justices agreed on this decision making it unanimous with no dissenting opinions recorded for this particular case.