 The City of Montgomery could not enforce any law “which may require plaintiffs or any other Negroes similarly situated to submit to segregation in the use of bus transportation facilities in the City of Montgomery.” Both the city and the state appealed this decision.On December 17, 1956, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling, issuing a court order to the state of Alabama to desegregate its buses.While the Montgomery Bus Boycott, sparked by Rosa Parks, gained lasting national attention, it was Browder’s court case that resulted in segregation laws being declared unconstitutional.