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What happened when Homer Plessy appealed his case to the Louisiana state Supreme Court?
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson judgment, issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 18, 1896, advancing the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws.
When Homer Plessy appealed his case to the Louisiana state Supreme Court in 1893, the court ruled against him, affirming the district court’s earlier decision that had dismissed his constitutional challenges to the Separate Car Act.123
Following this unsuccessful appeal in the case known as Ex parte Plessy, Plessy’s legal team proceeded to appeal the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ultimately issued its landmark 1896 ruling that solidified the "separate but equal" doctrine.123