Civil Rights Cases

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category United States Supreme Court cases
Racial segregation in the United States
1883 in United States case law
Civil rights case law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Jones_v._Alfred_H._Mayer_Co.
gptkb:Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel,_Inc._v._United_States
109 U.S. 3
27 L. Ed. 835
3 S. Ct. 18
gptkbp:consolidatedCases Robinson & wife v. Memphis & Charleston R.R. Co.
United States v. Nichols
United States v. Ryan
United States v. Singleton
United States v. Stanley
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date October 15, 1883
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinion John Marshall Harlan argued Congress could prohibit private discrimination under the Thirteenth Amendment
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan
gptkbp:fullName Robinson & wife v. Memphis & Charleston R.R. Co.
United States v. Nichols
United States v. Ryan
United States v. Singleton
United States v. Stanley
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Civil Rights Cases
gptkbp:impact Limited federal power to prohibit private discrimination
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legalHolding Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional as applied to private acts of discrimination
Congress has no authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to regulate private acts of racial discrimination
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Stanley_Matthews
gptkb:Stephen_Johnson_Field
gptkb:Joseph_P._Bradley
gptkb:Noah_Haynes_Swayne
gptkb:William_Burnham_Woods
gptkb:Morrison_Waite
gptkb:Samuel_Freeman_Miller
gptkb:Nathan_Clifford
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject Racial discrimination
Public accommodations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal_Courts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5