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Plessy v. Ferguson decision
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Plessy_v._Ferguson_decision
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation
163 U.S. 537
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date
1896-05-18
gptkbp:defendant
gptkb:John_H._Ferguson
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan
gptkbp:effect
upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Homer_Adolph_Plessy_v._John_H._Ferguson
gptkbp:heldBy
Racially segregated public facilities are constitutional under the doctrine of 'separate but equal'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Plessy v. Ferguson decision
gptkbp:judge
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalDoctrine
separate but equal
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Henry_Billings_Brown
gptkbp:overruledBy
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:plaintiff
gptkb:Homer_Plessy
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Cumming_v._Richmond_County_Board_of_Education
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Cases
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
racial segregation
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:John_Howard_Ferguson
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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