Plessy v. Ferguson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Homer Adolph Plessy v. The State of Louisiana, Homer A. Plessy v. John H. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 16 S. Ct. 1138, 41 L. Ed. 256, 1896 U.S. LEXIS 3390
1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Author
- John Marshall Harlan
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- Commons category
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- legal citation of this text
- 1896 U.S. LEXIS 3390
- applies to jurisdiction
- United States
- point in time
- 1896-05-18
- plaintiff
- Homer Plessy
- published in
- United States Reports
- has effect
- separate but equal
- majority opinion by
- Henry Billings Brown
- publication date
- 1896-05-18
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