163 U.S. 537;?16 S.Ct. 1138;?41 L.Ed. 256 PLESSY v. FERGUSON. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT No. 210. May 18, 1896. Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”.?The decision was […]
PLESSY v. FERGUSON, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
Issues: Civil Rights, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Racial Segregation