Homer Adolph Plessy v. John H. Ferguson
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
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| gptkbp:citation |
163 U.S. 537
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| gptkbp:date |
1896-05-18
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:defendant |
gptkb:John_H._Ferguson
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| gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy |
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan
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| gptkbp:heldBy |
separate but equal is constitutional
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Homer Adolph Plessy v. John H. Ferguson
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| gptkbp:impact |
upheld state racial segregation laws
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| gptkbp:legalIssue |
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
racial segregation |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy |
gptkb:Henry_Billings_Brown
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| gptkbp:overruledBy |
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
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| gptkbp:plaintiff |
gptkb:Homer_Adolph_Plessy
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| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
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| gptkbp:relatedLegislation |
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:subject |
segregation in public facilities
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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