What precedent did Plessy v Ferguson set?

Answer 1

According to legal scholars, not all the precedents cited for state and municipal cases were valid because only a small percentage involved statutes supporting segregation, as opposed to unofficial policies.

• Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1879).
• Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883).
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886).

• Read more: Plessy v. Ferguson - Significance, "separate But Equal", Further Readings http://law.jrank.org/pages/13343/Plessy-v-Ferguson.html#ixzz0pSXtfKqL

Construing 14th Amendment

Slaughterhouse Cases, 83 US 36 (1872)

Civil Rights Cases, 109 US 3 (1883)

Segregation in Education (State cases, only)

Roberts v. City of Boston, 59 Mass. (1 Cush.) 198 (1850)

State v. McCann, 21 Ohio St. 198 (1871)

Lehew v. Brummell, 15 S.W. Rep. 765 (1891)

Ward v. Flood, 48 California 36 (1874)

Bertonneau v. School Directors, 3 Woods 177 (1878)

King v. Gallagher, 93 N.Y. 438 (1883)

Cory v. Carter, 48 Indiana 327 (1874)

Dawson v. Lee, 83 Kentucky 49 (1885)

Outlawed Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection

Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 US 303 (1879)

Virginia v. Rives, 100 US 313 (1880)

Neal v. Delaware, 103 US 370 (1880)

Bush v. Kentucky, 107 US 110 (1883)

Gibson v. Mississippi, 162 US 565 (1896)

Outlawed Segregated Interstate Transportation Under ICC

Railroad Co. v. Brown, 84 US 445 (1873)

Hall v. De Cuir, 95 US 48 (1877)

Upheld Segregated Intrastate Transportation

Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway v. Mississippi, 133 US 487 (1890)

West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad v. Miles, 55 Penn. St. 209 (1867)

Day v. Owen, 5 Michigan 520 (1858)

Chicago & c. Railway v. Williams, 5 Illinois 185

Chesapeake & c. Railroad v. Wells, 85 Tennessee 613

Memphis & c. Railroad v. Benson, 85 Tennessee 627

The Sue, 22 Fed.Rep. 843

Logwood v. Memphis & c. Railroad, 23 Fed.Rep. 318

McGuinn v. Forbes, 37 Fed.Rep. 639

People v. King, 18 N.E. Rep. 245

Houck v. South Pacific Railway, 38 Fed.Rep. 226

Heard v. Georgia Railroad Company, 3 Int. Comm. Com'n 111; SC 1 428

Overturned Arbitrary Use of Power to Discriminate, Municipal Code

Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 356 (1886)

Overturned Arbitrary Use of Police Powers to Discriminate, State Statutes

Railroad Company v. Husen, 95 US 465 (1877)

Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kent, 161 US 677 (1898)

Duggett v. Hudson, 43 Ohio St. 548

Capen v. Foster, 12 Pick. 48

State ex rel. Wood v. Baker, 38 Wisconsin 71

Monroe v. Collins, 17 Ohio St. 66

Hulseman v. Rems, 41 Penn St. 396

Orman v. Riley, 1 California 48

Categorization by Race (State cases, only)

State v. Chaver, 5 Jones [N.C.] 1

Gray v. State, 4 Ohio 354

Monroe v. Collins, 17 Ohio St. 665

People v. Dean, 4 Michigan 406

Jones v. Commonwealth, 80 Virginia 538

State v. Gibson, 36 Indiana 389 (1871)

Case Citation:

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)

• Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1879).
• Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883).
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886).

• Read more: Plessy v. Ferguson - Significance, "separate But Equal", Further Readings http://law.jrank.org/pages/13343/Plessy-v-Ferguson.html#ixzz0pSXtfKqL

Answer 2

The 1954 Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Educationdeclared that state laws which mandate separate schools for white students and blacks students unconstitutional. This ruling overturned the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson,which allowed such segregation. On a broader scale, this case was pivotal in initiating nation-wide desegregation of schools, as well as launching the Civil Rights Movement.

Answer 3

The decision said that it was alright to segregate as long as there were equal accommodations and facilities for all the races. In other words, "separate but equal".

Answer 4

Racial segregation throughout America (APEX).

Answer 5

Seperate but equal