1896 Plessy Vs Ferguson. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the u.s. Reading breaking the rules you may have heard the saying, “some rules are meant to be broken.” in 1890, a man named homer plessy broke the rules.

After the 1896 plessy v. Ferguson, judge of the criminal district court for the parish of orleans, and setting forth, in substance, the following facts: Supreme court, which upheld the previous decisions that racial segregation is constitutional under the separate but equal doctrine.