Disambiguation evidence for Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) via surface form

"Plessy v. Ferguson"

As subject (47)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Plessy v. Ferguson".

Predicate	Object
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ
areaOfLaw	racial segregation law ⓘ
citation	163 U.S. 537 ⓘ
concernedStatute	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
criticizedFor	entrenching racial segregation ⓘ
criticizedFor	narrow interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
decisionDate	1896-05-18 ⓘ
defendant	John H. Ferguson ⓘ
dissentClaimed	segregation laws are inconsistent with the equality of all citizens before the law ⓘ
dissentFamousFor	John Marshall Harlan’s statement that the Constitution is color-blind ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
effect	institutionalized separate but equal doctrine across the American South ⓘ
effect	legitimized Jim Crow laws for decades ⓘ
fullName	Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
held	state racial segregation laws for public facilities are constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause if facilities are equal in quality ⓘ
historicalSignificance	became the primary legal foundation for racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked a major setback for Reconstruction-era civil rights gains ⓘ
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
instanceOf	civil rights case ⓘ
instanceOf	landmark court decision ⓘ
instanceOf	segregation case ⓘ
issue	constitutionality of racial segregation in railroad cars ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalDoctrineEstablished	separate but equal ⓘ
locationOfIncident	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
majorityOpinionBy	Henry Billings Brown ⓘ
originatedFrom	Louisiana state law ⓘ
overruledBy	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ surface form: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
plaintiff	Homer Plessy ⓘ
plaintiffAncestry	mixed-race (one-eighth Black) ⓘ
plaintiffRaceClassification	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Black (under Louisiana law)
relatedCase	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
relatedCase	Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education ⓘ
relatedConcept	racial segregation in public transportation ⓘ
relatedConcept	separate but equal doctrine ⓘ
relatedMovement	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era
stateCourt	Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
stateInvolved	Louisiana ⓘ
subsequentImpact	became a symbol of legalized racism in U.S. history ⓘ
subsequentImpact	influenced segregation policies in education, transportation, and public accommodations ⓘ
typeOfSegregation	de jure racial segregation ⓘ
upheld	constitutionality of Jim Crow segregation laws ⓘ
vote	7–1 ⓘ