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what is the supreme courts ruling in the case Plessy vs ferguson
what is the supreme courts ruling in the case Plessy vs ferguson
racial segregation was permitted for nearly 60 years
Plessy v Ferguson was a federal case that reached the United States Supreme Court. It involved a challenge to a Louisiana state law that required separate railroad cars for black and white passengers. The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v Ferguson in 1896 established the "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed racial segregation.
the court's interpretation of whether the equal protection clause allowed racial segregation
the Court rejected Plessy's arguments based on the Fourteenth Amendment, seeing no way in which the Louisiana statute violated it .segregation was supported by the Jim crow laws Delegation of rasict everywhere for example schools hospital and drinking fountain many more etc.
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court's majority opinion upheld state segregation laws under the "separate but equal" doctrine, ruling that laws requiring separate facilities for African Americans and whites did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision established the legal precedent for racial segregation in the United States for several decades.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)John Howard Ferguson was the judge in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, who heard the case of Homer A. Plessy under the Separate Car Act of 1890. Judge Ferguson had previously ruled that the act did not apply to interstate travel. Because he was named in the petition to the Louisiana Supreme Court, Ferguson was the appellant of record in the US Supreme Court case.(see related question)
1896: Plessy v Ferguson That was when the courts ruled that segregation was legal, if equal accommodations were provided for both Blacks and Whites.
1896: Plessy v Ferguson That was when the courts ruled that segregation was legal, if equal accommodations were provided for both Blacks and Whites.
1896The US Supreme Court formally ruled a Louisiana Law that required segregated facilities in intrastate railroad transportation was constitutional in the case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896). This allowed the states to pass racist Jim Crow laws without fear that the courts would overturn them.Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
Plessy v. Ferguson's court decision was that the mother had every right to do what she wanted so that she could have an abortion. This was acceptable despite the objections received in the court. The court decision has then evolved to the women's rights nowadays.