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The opinion of the court was that the separate car act was constitutional. It did not violate the 13 and 14 amendment. they thought segregation did not  constitute unlawful discrimination.

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In Louisiana there was a act called Separate Car Act. This required separate railway cars for blacks and whites. In 1872, Homer Plessy  agreed to join the test to challenge this Act. Then, New Orleans residents who sought to repeal the Act, asked Plessy to sit in the ''white only'' car. Later, they asked him to moved he refused and was arrested.

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This cased allowed segregation to become a law in the u.s but it also caused many to argue that the constitution was "color blind"  they disagreed with the courts decision and thought all citizens should have equal access. They said that this violated their 14 amendment.

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Does the Separate Car Act violate the Fourteenth Amendment?

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Sound Smart: Plessy v. Ferguson | History

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Separate Car Act in Louisiana and he was arrested for sitting in the white car on the train.

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Did the law violate the Equal protection clause under the 14th amendment?

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No, that the Louisianan car act didn't violate the equal protect clause.  That as long as they had a facilities and cars so, blacks could use them they had equal rights.

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Segregation