Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1964-10-06 1964-10-05
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:379_U.S._241
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
gptkbp:date	1964-12-14
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:docketNumber	543
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel,_Inc._v._United_States_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy	Congress could use the Commerce Clause to force private businesses to abide by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
gptkbp:joinedBy	gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr. gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg gptkb:Earl_Warren gptkb:Potter_Stewart gptkb:John_M._Harlan_II
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Title_II_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 Commerce Clause
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Tom_C._Clark
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel,_Inc.
gptkbp:predecessor	enforcement of civil rights in public accommodations
gptkbp:reaffirms	broad interpretation of the Commerce Clause
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Katzenbach_v._McClung
gptkbp:subject	racial discrimination public accommodations interstate commerce
gptkbp:unanimousDecision	true
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Cases
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6