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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel_v._United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate
1964-10-05
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:379_U.S._241
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg
gptkbp:date
1964-12-14
gptkbp:decidedBy
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant
gptkb:United_States
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 the Civil Rights Act of 1964
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
gptkbp:impact
upheld constitutionality of 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:Abe_Fortas
gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:John_M._Harlan_II
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Tom_C._Clark
gptkbp:plaintiff
gptkb:Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel,_Inc.
gptkbp:principle
Congress has power to regulate local incidents of commerce
prohibition of racial discrimination in public accommodations
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Katzenbach_v._McClung
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
Commerce Clause
racial discrimination
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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