Plessy Vs. Ferguson: Supreme Court Case

The Plessy v. Ferguson supreme court case is one of the most well known landmark supreme court cases. It primarily argues the “separate but equal” segregation and Jim Crow laws that emerged post-civil war. The outcome of this case was entirely justified, at the time, because it still met the principles in the thirteen and fourteen amendments. Additionally, Plessy's argument was still undermined with the fact that the state was still keeping facilities “separate but equal.” The main people involved in the case are Homer Plessy, John H. Ferguson, and Chief Justice Melville Fuller. The case began on June 7, 1892 when Homer Plessy, who was seven eights Caucasian and one-eights black, was jailed for sitting in the “white” car of a train in Louisiana when he was “supposed” to sit in the “black” car. Later, Plessy was brought in front of judge John H. Ferguson of the Criminal Court of New Orleans. …show more content…
The case began argument Monday, April 13, 1896. A decision was reached a little more than a month later, in May 18, 1896. Since the majority of the members of the Supreme Court at the time were white males, Plessy's case didn't receive much sympathy. Plessy only received one vote of the 8, the other 7 going to Judge Ferguson. (One vote is missing because one of the Judges were not able to participate.) The Supreme Court decided that Louisiana's laws were within the constitutional