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The majority opinion, written by Justice Henry Billings Brown (1836–1913), ruled that the state law was constitutional and not in violation of the Thirteenth or Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, he claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment was only created to enforce political as opposed to social equality, and that Plessy was asking the Court for the latter. He also speciously declared that ...
Henry Billings Brown (1891-1906) Henry Billings Brown lived from 1836 to 1913. Early Life Brown was born in South Lee, Massachusetts to a New England merchant family. He entered Yale College at the age of sixteen, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After graduating from Yale in 1856, Brown began … Continue reading "Henry Billings Brown"
Massachusetts. Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and a judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He joined the Supreme Court in 1890 after a nomination from President Benjamin Harrison. He retired from the Supreme Court on May 28, 1906 .
Henry Billings Brown. BORN: March 2, 1836 South Lee, Massachusetts. DIED: September 4, 1913 (age 77) Bronxville, New York. EDUCATION: Yale Law School Harvard Law School Yale College (BA, 1856) Read Law (1860) POLITICAL PARTY: Republican . HIGHLIGHTS: 1860-1861: Practiced Law in Detroit, Michigan 1860-1875: Lecturer in Law, University of ...
The Plessy decision, excerpted below, was written by Justice Henry Billings Brown. Brown argued that as long as racially separate facilities were equal they did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantees of equal protection of the law. All of the justices but one (John Marshall Harlan) agreed with Brown’s arguments.
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13. Sept. 2018 · Before there was the spectacle of Senate confirmation hearings, there was no place for nominees to publicly confront embellished or false stories. Consider the strange case of Henry Billings Brown.
