Editing Plessy v. Ferguson (section)

===Trial===
Plessy petitioned the state district criminal court to throw out the case, ''State v. Homer Adolph Plessy'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Plessy v. Ferguson: Litigation |work=Law Library of Louisiana |url= https://lasc.libguides.com/c.php?g=906254&p=6540181 |access-date=January 17, 2022}}</ref> on the grounds that the state law requiring East Louisiana Railroad to segregate trains had denied him his rights under the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Thirteenth]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth]] amendments of the United States Constitution,<ref name="jstor1973">{{cite journal|last=Maidment|first=Richard A.|title=Plessy v. Ferguson Re-Examined|journal=Journal of American Studies|volume=7|number=2|date=August 1973|pages=125–132|doi=10.1017/S0021875800013396|jstor=27553046|s2cid=145390453}}</ref> which provided for equal treatment under the law. However, the judge presiding over his case, [[John Howard Ferguson]], ruled that Louisiana had the right to regulate railroad companies while they operated within state boundaries. Four days later, Plessy petitioned the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]] for a [[writ of prohibition]] to stop his criminal trial.<ref name=Opinion/>{{sfnp|Lofgren|1987|pp=42}}