Homer Plessy arrested June 7, 1892 for refusing to move seats on a passenger train in Louisiana. The case was originally in the State of Louisiana. Plessy argument was against Louisiana 1890 Separate Car Act that it violated his 14th Amendment. Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark Supreme Court case that marked Separate but Equal constitutional. Louisiana Separate Car Act section 1 stated all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this State, shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white, and colored races, by providing two or more passengers couches for each passenger train. (Davis, 2012). The start of the case was not on a personal one but more for the colored people in Louisiana. Plessy was enthusiastic to play his …show more content…
Moulin in recorder’s court the day after his arrest. He was then released on a $500 bond for trial in criminal court. Plessy case began to unfold when New Orleans’s Assistant District Attorney Lionel Adams filed a formal information against Plessy on July 20. After fifteen weeks had passed, Plessy case got its first arguments in court. Plessy along with his local attorney James C. Walker appeared in court October 28. They appeared before Criminal Court Judge John H. Ferguson. Plessy not saying much pleaded not guilty. His lawyer argued that the Separate Car Act violated the equal protection of the laws and due process. He argued that it deprived Plessy of his rights and remedies the state of federal constitution guaranteed him. Furthermore, District Attorney Adams opposite saying simply that the statue was a reasonable ruling in line with federal and state court precedents and in light of well-known interracial discomfort. In other words, the state of Louisiana wanted to continue the separate but equal passenger’s car for the railway. They did not want the case to end in the Criminal Court. Plessy lawyer wanted the case to continue to the Louisiana Supreme