Civil Rights Cases (1883)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Civil_Rights_Cases_(1883)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	109 U.S. 3
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	October 15, 1883
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionSummary	John Marshall Harlan argued Congress had power to prohibit private racial discrimination under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments
gptkbp:effect	Limited federal power to prohibit racial discrimination by private individuals
gptkbp:fullName	United States v. Stanley, United States v. Ryan, United States v. Nichols, United States v. Singleton, Robinson et ux. v. Memphis & Charleston R.R. Co.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Civil Rights Cases (1883)
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:legalHolding	Congress lacked authority under the Thirteenth Amendment to regulate private acts of racial discrimination Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to regulate private acts of racial discrimination Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional as applied to private acts of 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	Civil Rights Act of 1964 (in effect)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:constitutional_law Civil rights Racial discrimination
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4