| Plessy v. Ferguson |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
| Full case name | Homer A.
Plessy v. John H. Ferguson |
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| Citations | 163 U.S.537 (more) 16 S. Ct. 1138; 41 L. Ed. 256; 1896 U.S. LEXIS 3390 |
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| Decision | Opinion |
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| Prior | Ex parte Plessy, 11 So.
948 (La. When was plessy v ferguson When was plessy v fergusonPlessy v ferguson citationPlessy v ferguson impactPlessy v ferguson amendmentPlessy v ferguson background1892) |
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| Subsequent | None |
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| The "separate but equal" provision of private services mandated by state law is constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. |
- Chief Justice
- Melville Fuller
- Associate Justices
- Stephen J.
Field · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr. Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham
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| Majority | Brown, joined by Fuller, Field, Gray, Shiras, White, Peckham |
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| Dissent | Harlan |
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| Brewer took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
| U.S.
Const. amends. XIII,
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