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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion written by Justice Henry Billings Brown and the dissent written by Justice John Marshall Harlan. Separate but equal remained standard doctrine in U.S.
