At trial, Plessy’s lawyers argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The judge found that Louisiana could enforce this law insofar as it affected railroads within its boundaries.

Plessy v. Ferguson: Later overruled by Brown v. Board of Education (1954), this decision embraced the now-discredited idea that “separate but equal” treatment for whites and African-Americans is permissible under the Fourteenth Amendment.

2024年12月17日 · Plessy v. Ferguson, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial ‘separate but equal’ doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws.

At trial, Plessy’s lawyers argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The judge found that Louisiana could enforce this law insofar as it affected railroads within its boundaries. Plessy was convicted. Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case Summary The above summary is taken from Oyez.org.

Oyez, www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/163us537Plessy%20v.%20Ferguson%201896. Accessed 29 Aug. 2024.

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company A case in which the Court held that the Income Tax Act of 1894 violated Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution because it was a direct taxation scheme not apportioned among the states.

At trial, Plessy’s lawyers argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The judge found that Louisiana could enforce this law insofar as it affected railroads within its boundaries.

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". [2] [3] The decision legitimized the many state "Jim Crow laws" re-establishing racial segregation that had …

plessy v. ferguson (1896) decision By a 7-1 vote with one Justice not participating, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Louisiana law and thus Homer Plessy’s conviction for having violated it. Justice Henry Brown wrote the opinion of the Court.

African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car designated for black persons. Supported by a citizens committee opposed to segregation, Plessy’s noncompliance set up a legal challenge to racial segregation, particularly in many southern states.