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It constitutionaliszed the "Seprate, but Equal" doctrine.

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Which Supreme Court case upheld the Jim Crow Laws?

Plessy vs Ferguson was the court case that supported Jim Crow laws stating that "seperate but equal" was constitutional.


Was Homer Plessy sent to jail after his trial in the US Supreme Court?

No. Plessy didn't have a trial in the US Supreme Court; they heard an appeal of his case. After the Court made its decision, Homer Plessy was rearrested for the original "offense" on January 11, 1897 (according to a New Orleans warrant) and paid a $25 fine, but was not sent to jail.More InformationThe Supreme Court considered Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) under its appellate jurisdiction, meaning they reviewed the decisions of the lower courts on appeal, to ensure the Constitution was being upheld, but did not conduct a trial or rule on Plessy's guilt or innocence. By the time the case reached the Supreme Court, the issue under consideration was whether the Louisiana Separate Car Act that required racial segregation in railroad transportation violated the 13th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution.Homer Plessy's trial was before Judge John Ferguson (the Ferguson named in the case) in the Criminal District Court for Orleans Parish. Plessy refused to enter a plea, arguing instead that the Separate Car Act was null and void because it violated his constitutional rights under the 13th and 14th Amendments. He was found guilty without entering a plea.Plessy's attorney then appealed and filed for a writ of prohibition (an order from a higher court to a lower court preventing the court from exercising its jurisdiction) in the Criminal Court of Appeals, then in the Louisiana Supreme Court, and finally in the Supreme Court of the United States.Homer Plessy didn't actually enter a "guilty" plea until January 11, 1897, more than four months after the Supreme Court ruled on his case.Homer Plessy was rearrested for the original "offense" on January 11, 1897, according to a New Orleans warrant, and paid a $25 fine, but was never sent to jail.Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)


What supreme court case made school segregation legal?

I think it was Plessy vs Ferguson


When did Homer Plessy plead guilty?

Homer Plessy, the Petitioner in the landmark US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), was arrested on June 7, 1892 for refusing to remove himself from a "whites only" train car on the East Louisiana Railroad, in violation of Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890. Act 111 required passengers to be separated by race and Plessy, who appeared white, was one-eighth African-American. When the conductor asked Plessy to declare his race, Plessy responded that he was "colored." He was promptly arrested and taken to jail in New Orleans, Orleans Parish.Plessy was held at the jail overnight, then processed and released on bail June 8, 1892, after waiving his right to see a judge.On October 28, 1892, Homer Plessy and his attorney, John C. Walker, appeared before Judge John Ferguson in the Criminal District Court for Orleans Parish. Plessy refused to enter a plea, arguing instead that the Separate Car Act was null and void because it violated his constitutional rights under the 13th and 14th Amendments. He was found guilty without entering a plea.Plessy's attorney then appealed and filed for a writ of prohibition (an order from a higher court to a lower court preventing the court from exercising its jurisdiction) in the Criminal Court of Appeals, then in the Louisiana Supreme Court, and finally in the Supreme Court of the United States.According to a New Orleans arrest warrant, Homer Plessy didn't enter a "guilty" plea until January 11, 1897, more than six months after his case had been decided by the US Supreme Court. Plessy paid a $25 fine, but was not jailed.


The Supreme Court decision in brown v. Board of education overturned its earlier decision in?

Plessy v. Ferguson.

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Why did the Supreme Court not accept Plessy's argument in Plessy v Ferguson?

The Supreme Court decided that Plessy's plan was still treating the negro as if they were being segerated.


What supreme court case upheld segregetion orseparate but equal?

That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson


What did the court decide in Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)?

The Court rejected Plessy's arguments based on the Fourteenth Amendment, seeing no way in which the Louisiana statute violated it.


Why did supreme court establish separate but equal in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 and why was it constitutional?

The Supreme Court established "separate but equal" in Plessy v Fergusun in 1896 to match the ruling of Brown v Board of Education. It was ruled constitutional because the Brown v Board of Education had already started the desegregation rule.


Which suprime court decision did brown v board of education of topeka overturn?

Plessy v. Ferguson


How did the court in plessy?

It constitutionaliszed the "Seprate, but Equal" doctrine.


How did court ruled in plessy?

It constitutionaliszed the "Seprate, but Equal" doctrine.


The supreme court decision Plessy v Ferguson was about?

Segregation


Was the Court's decision unanimous for the plessy V Ferguson case?

no


In which Supreme Court decision did the Court uphold the policy of separate but equal which allowed racial discrimination?

Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896)The "separate but equal" doctrine derived from the decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), delivered on May 18, 1896.The Plessy decision was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)


The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned its earlier decision in?

Plessy v. Ferguson.


Which case is the excerpt most likely from?

This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.