Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Plessy_v._Ferguson_(1896)

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:category	Civil rights case Landmark Supreme Court decision 1896 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation	163 U.S. 537
gptkbp:date	1896-05-18
gptkbp:decision	upheld constitutionality of racial segregation under 'separate but equal' doctrine
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:John_H._Ferguson
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan
gptkbp:effect	legitimized state laws re-establishing racial segregation
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Homer_Adolph_Plessy_v._John_H._Ferguson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Louisiana
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Henry_Billings_Brown
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education_(1954)
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Homer_Plessy
gptkbp:predecessor	segregation laws in the United States
gptkbp:principle	separate but equal
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkbp:subject	racial segregation
gptkbp:votingSystem	7-1
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6