As always, you can find the Dobbs v. Jackson decision here.

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I get three distinct claims in the next sentence:

“In so doing, the Court overruled the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), along with six other Supreme Court precedents that had applied the separate-but-equal rule. See Brown, 347 U.S., at 491.

The claims:

• “In so doing, the Court overruled the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson [. . .] along with six other Supreme Court precedents that had applied the separate-but-equal rule.”
• “[T]he Court overruled the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.”
• “[T]he Court overruled [. . .] six other Supreme Court precedents that had applied the separate-but-equal rule.”

First let’s look at Brown at page 490:

“In the first cases in this Court construing the Fourteenth Amendment, decided shortly after its adoption, the Court interpreted it as proscribing all state-imposed discriminations against the Negro race. [Footnote 5] The doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ did not make its appearance in this Court until 1896 in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, supra, involving not education but transportation. [Footnote 6] American courts have since labored with the doctrine for over half a century. In this Court, there have been six cases involving the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine in the field of public education. [Footnote 7] In Cumming v. County Board of Education, 175 U. S. 528, and Gong Lum v. Rice, 275 U. S. 78, the validity of the doctrine itself was not challenged. [Footnote 8] In more recent cases, all on the graduate school level, inequality was found in that specific benefits enjoyed by white students were denied to Negro students of the same educational qualifications. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U. S. 337; Sipuel v. Oklahoma, 332 U. S. 631; Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U. S. 629; McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U. S. 637. In none of these cases was it necessary to reexamine the doctrine to grant relief to the Negro plaintiff. And in Sweatt v. Painter, supra, the Court expressly reserved decision on the question whether Plessy v. Ferguson should be held inapplicable to public education.

How many cases are listed after Plessy?

1. Cumming v. County Board of Education, 175 U. S. 528
2. Gong Lum v. Rice, 275 U. S. 78
3. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U. S. 337
4. Sipuel v. Oklahoma, 332 U. S. 631
5. Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U. S. 629
6. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U. S. 637

That is correct! Six decisions. All three of these claims are true.

• “In so doing, the Court overruled the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson [. . .] along with six other Supreme Court precedents that had applied the separate-but-equal rule.”
• “[T]he Court overruled the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.”
• “[T]he Court overruled [. . .] six other Supreme Court precedents that had applied the separate-but-equal rule.”