PLESSY V. FERGUSON
163 U.S. 537 (1896)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This is an appeal from a criminal prosecution for the violation of a
state railway accommodation segregation law.
FACTS: Plessy (D) was 7/8 white; his skin color was white. D attempted to sit in an
all-white railroad car. He was told to sit in the black railway carriage car. He refused,
and was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute that provided for segregated
'separate but equal' railroad accommodations. Under the statute, those using facilities not
designated for their race were criminally liable. The trial court found D guilty, holding
that the law was a reasonable exercise of the state's police powers based upon custom,
usage, and tradition in the state. D appealed the conviction, claiming that this separation
stigmatized blacks, stamping them with a badge of inferiority. D claimed that this
segregation violated the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. The Louisiana Supreme Court
upheld the conviction. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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