Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States

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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
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:Katzenbach_v._McClung
gptkb:United_States_Commerce_Clause_case_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States

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