Who were the lawyers in Plessy v. Ferguson?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.