
Supreme Court Landmarks | Separate and Unequal | 3
American History Tellers
The Civil Disobedience of the Separate Car Act
Martinet began secret negotiations with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company which agreed to offer assistance. The railroad company standpoint the Separate Cars Act was terrible for business They had to pay for extra cars that might only be half used Additionally their employees were saddled with a burden of becoming the state's racial police. Ultimately it would have been cheaper for the company if the state had mandated integration instead.
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