Plessy v. Ferguson

Summary

Plessy v. Ferguson is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of decision_of_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,042 views/month, #6 of 789).^[2]

Key Facts

• Plessy v. Ferguson authored Henry Billings Brown^[3].
• Plessy v. Ferguson authored John Marshall Harlan^[4].
• Plessy v. Ferguson is in the country of United States^[5].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's instance of is recorded as decision of the Supreme Court of the United States^[6].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's Commons category is recorded as Plessy v. Ferguson^[7].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's publication date is recorded as +1896-05-18T00:00:00Z^[8].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's point in time is recorded as +1886-04-13T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's point in time is recorded as +1896-05-18T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's point in time is recorded as +1896-05-18T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011x02^[12].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States^[13].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's legal citation of this text is recorded as 163 U.S. 537^[14].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's legal citation of this text is recorded as 16 S. Ct. 1138^[15].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's legal citation of this text is recorded as 1896 U.S. LEXIS 3390^[16].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Plessy-v-Ferguson^[17].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's published in is recorded as United States Reports^[18].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's has effect is recorded as separate but equal^[19].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's defendant is recorded as John Howard Ferguson^[20].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's plaintiff is recorded as Homer Plessy^[21].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's cites work is recorded as Bush v. Commonwealth of Kentucky^[22].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's United States Reports ID is recorded as 163/us/537^[23].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's Quora topic ID is recorded as Plessy-V-Ferguson^[24].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's court is recorded as Supreme Court of the United States^[25].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's majority opinion by is recorded as Henry Billings Brown^[26].
• Plessy v. Ferguson's Caselaw Access Project case ID is recorded as 468276^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Henry Billings Brown^[3], a lawyer^[28], 1836–1913^[29], of United States^[30] and John Marshall Harlan^[4], a lawyer^[31], 1833–1911^[32], of United States^[33], specialised in law^[34].

Why It Matters

Plessy v. Ferguson ranks in the top 0.76% of decision_of_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,042 views/month, #6 of 789).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]