The case originated from Louisiana and upheld the constitutionality of social segregation under the "separate but equal doctrine." In Louisiana they adopted these equal but separate accommodations in 1890. This all began because Mr. Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim crow car. it was brought to the criminal court in new Orleans which they later found out the law was conflicting with the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. http://www.history.com/topics/plessy-v-ferguson
The case originated from Louisiana and upheld the constitutionality of social segregation under the "separate but equal doctrine." In Louisiana they adopted these equal but separate accommodations in 1890. This all began because Mr. Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim crow car. it was brought to the criminal court in new Orleans which they later found out the law was conflicting with the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments.
http://www.history.com/topics/plessy-v-ferguson