Plessy and his legal team lost the trial at this level, but he was not easily discouraged. Plessy appealed to the next level: The Louisiana Supreme Court. He attempted the same strategy at this level, saying the segregation laws denied him his Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments rights. Again, the court ruled in favor of the state, leaving Plessy no choice but to appeal to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in the past had decided that segregated schools were constitutional, so when Homer Plessy protested that it took away his Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments rights, the court was unwavering, voting 7-1 in favor of