Plessy v. Ferguson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category Civil rights case
Landmark Supreme Court decision
gptkbp:citation 163 U.S. 537
gptkbp:date 1896-05-18
gptkbp:decision 7-1 decision
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:John_H._Ferguson
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan
gptkbp:dissentReason Constitution is color-blind (Harlan's dissent)
gptkbp:effect legitimized state laws re-establishing racial segregation
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Homer_Adolph_Plessy_v._John_H._Ferguson
gptkbp:heldBy upheld constitutionality of racial segregation under 'separate but equal' doctrine
gptkbp:involvedState gptkb:Louisiana
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Henry_Billings_Brown
gptkbp:numberOfIssues constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Homer_Plessy
gptkbp:principle gptkb:separate_but_equal_doctrine
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
racial segregation
separate but equal
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:significance provided legal justification for segregation for over 50 years
gptkbp:故事背景 Homer Plessy challenged Louisiana's Separate Car Act
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Jim_Crow_era
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkb:Gilded_Age
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkb:U.S._Supreme_Court
gptkb:United_States_politics
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Plessy v. Ferguson