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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
For the Petitioner: Homer Plessy
Albion W. Tourgée and Samuel F. Phillips argued the Plessy's case before the Court.
James C. Walker, a Louisiana attorney, represented Homer Plessy as local counsel, along with famed New York civil rights attorney and former judge Albion Tourgée. Walker and Tourgée submitted a brief to the US Supreme Court on Plessy's behalf, as did law partners Samuel F. Phillips and F. D. McKenney.
For the Respondent: John Ferguson
M. J. Cunningham, Louisiana Attorney General
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The lawyers involved in the Plessy v. Ferguson case were Albion Tourgée, who represented Homer Plessy, and John H. Ferguson, who was the defendant in the case. Tourgée argued that the Louisiana law that enforced racial segregation on trains violated the Fourteenth Amendment, while Ferguson defended the law's constitutionality. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of Ferguson, upholding the constitutionality of segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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Which suprime court decision did brown v board of education of topeka overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What did Brown v. Board of Education overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
Was Plessy v Ferguson a boxing match?
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.
Which case is the excerpt most likely from?
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
What supreme court case upheld segregetion orseparate but equal?
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned its earlier decision in?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
What was a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson in the south?
As a result of Plessy v. Ferguson, black and white southerners were legally segregated.
Was Plessy v Ferguson a boy or a girl?
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case, not a person. Homer Plessy, the petitioner and John Ferguson, the nominal respondent, were both male, but that fact is completely irrelevant to the case.
What did plessy v Ferguson?
Segregation
What was ruling in plessy v Ferguson?
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
What was the ruling in in plessy v Ferguson?
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
Was the Plessy v. Ferguson decision concerned with segregation?
Yes- Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal" (or segregation) clause.
