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Lawyers for the defendant in this case argued that a “forcible confiscation” of his reputation had occurred. Five years before this case, Louis Martinet founded a Citizen’s Committee (20[1])to test (20[1])the (20[2])constitutionality (0[1])of (20[1])the law (20[1])at its center. (20[2])A “random thought” on this (20[1])case (20[1])by then-law clerk William Rehnquist (0[2])asserted that the (20[1]0[1])decision in this case “was right and should be reaffirmed.” A justice in this case who wrote that “the humblest is the peer of the most powerful” sided with lawyer (*) Albion Tourgée. The (10[1])“Great (10[1])Dissenter” John Marshall Harlan (10[1])argued (10[1])in this (10[1])case that (10[1])“our constitution is color-blind.” (10[6])For 10 (10[1])points, name this 1896 (10[2])Supreme Court (10[2])case (10[1])stemming from a segregated Louisiana (10[1]0[1])railcar that enshrined (10[2])the doctrine of “separate but equal.” (10[1]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Plessy v. Ferguson [or Homer A. Plessy v. John H. Ferguson]
<Michael Bentley, History - American - 1865-1945&gt; ~23890~ &lt;Editor: Michael Bentley>
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