What penalty did Homer Plessy receive after the Supreme Court upheld the Separate Car Act?

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Plessy v. Ferguson judgment — 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.

After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Separate Car Act in the landmark case Plessy v. Ferguson, Homer Plessy returned to the court of Judge John Howard Ferguson. He changed his plea to guilty and paid a $25 fine for violating the law.1