Plessy Vs Ferguson 1896
Name of Case/ Year decided:
Plessy V. Ferguson 1896
Supreme Court Citation:
163 US 537
Facts and Judicial History:
The case first went to the criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and the verdict was guilty. Plessy petitions Louisiana state supreme court claiming that he was only 1/8 black so he should have the same privileges as a white man, and should be allowed to sit in the white car of the train. Louisiana State Supreme Court rules guilty and keeps judge Ferguson’s verdict. From there Plessy filed a petition for writs of error and certiorari to the US supreme court, where they rule him guilty and deny his allegations that the “Separate Car Act” (which was passed by Louisiana and required there to be separate train cars …show more content…
Ferguson was a Supreme court case that decided on the issue; Can states pass legislation forcing different races to use separate but equal segregated facilities without infringing upon the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection clause? Plessy argued that since he was only 1/8th African American that this violated his Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendment rights which state “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." – Amendment Thirteen and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” – Amendment Fourteen for this reason he believed that he was wrongfully arrested, and should have been allowed to seat himself in the car for whites. The courts holding declared that states are allowed to pass legislation allowing the use of equal but separate accommodations as it does not infringe the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection clause, as long as the accommodations were equal for all
Plessy V. Ferguson 1896
Supreme Court Citation:
163 US 537
Facts and Judicial History:
The case first went to the criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and the verdict was guilty. Plessy petitions Louisiana state supreme court claiming that he was only 1/8 black so he should have the same privileges as a white man, and should be allowed to sit in the white car of the train. Louisiana State Supreme Court rules guilty and keeps judge Ferguson’s verdict. From there Plessy filed a petition for writs of error and certiorari to the US supreme court, where they rule him guilty and deny his allegations that the “Separate Car Act” (which was passed by Louisiana and required there to be separate train cars …show more content…
Ferguson was a Supreme court case that decided on the issue; Can states pass legislation forcing different races to use separate but equal segregated facilities without infringing upon the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection clause? Plessy argued that since he was only 1/8th African American that this violated his Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendment rights which state “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." – Amendment Thirteen and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” – Amendment Fourteen for this reason he believed that he was wrongfully arrested, and should have been allowed to seat himself in the car for whites. The courts holding declared that states are allowed to pass legislation allowing the use of equal but separate accommodations as it does not infringe the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection clause, as long as the accommodations were equal for all