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Plessy Vs Ferguson Facts. Statement of the Facts. The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1. They make hideous mistakes. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine.
The justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court also agreed that the law was constitutional. They do great and beautiful things. Ferguson judge of the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans and setting forth in. The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1. A Louisiana state law the Separate Car Act permitted separate railway cars for African Americans and Caucasians. Supreme Court that codified the constitutional doctrine for racial segregation laws.
Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine.
Statement of the Facts. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine. Arrested and charged Plessy petitioned the Louisiana Supreme Court for a writ against Ferguson the trial court judge to stop the proceedings against him for criminal violation of the State law. Ferguson was only one-eighth black yet he was still discriminated against in Louisiana and required to sit in the colored railroad car. Ferguson Summary The Supreme Court ruled against an African-American man who attempted to ride in a whites-only train car in Louisiana in concluding that The Equal Protection Clause was not violated by state segregation laws which in effect keep The races separate but equal in public accommodations. Homer Plessy a 18 African American citizen was considered African American under the legislation.