MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant owns and operates the Heart of Atlanta Motel . . . located on Courtland Street, two blocks from downtown Peachtree Street. It is readily accessible to interstate highways 75 and 85 and state highways 23 and 41. Appellant solicits patronage from outside the State of Georgia through
The Heart of Atlanta Motel, which opened on this day in 1956, would figure into the heart of a landmark civil rights case. Located at 255 Courtland Street, the motel was … Justice Tom Clark wrote the Court’s unanimous opinion that Congress did have the power under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause to pass the sweeping antidiscrimination law.
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The court thereby declared that Title II was constitutional. After Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964, the owner of the Heart of Atlanta Motel in Georgia, who had previously refused to accept black customers, filed suit in federal district court, alleging that the prohibition of racial discrimination contained
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The motel sued the government, seeking a declaratory judgment that Congress did not have authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the Civil Rights Act. The motel also alleged due-process violations over the deprivation of its right to choose its guests. … In Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964),
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2 Heart Of Atlanta Motel And The Commerce Clause
The motel sued the government, seeking a declaratory judgment that Congress did not have authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the Civil Rights Act. The motel also alleged due-process violations over the deprivation of its right to choose its guests. … In Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964), Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States is a case decided on Dec 14, 1964, by the United States Supreme Court affirming that the Commerce Clause extends the anti-discrimination provisions in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to apply to hotels that host interstate visitors. The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Title II Of the Civil Rights Act forbade racial discrimination in hotels, motels, theaters, restaurants, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce. The owners of the Heart of Atlanta Motel filed suit in federal court, challenging the Civil Rights Act on the basis that Congress had exceeded its Commerce Clause power to
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Title II Of the Civil Rights Act forbade racial discrimination in hotels, motels, theaters, restaurants, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce. The owners of the Heart of Atlanta Motel filed suit in federal court, challenging the Civil Rights Act on the basis that Congress had exceeded its Commerce Clause power to
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MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant owns and operates the Heart of Atlanta Motel . . . located on Courtland Street, two blocks from downtown Peachtree Street. It is readily accessible to interstate highways 75 and 85 and state highways 23 and 41. Appellant solicits patronage from outside the State of Georgia through
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The court thereby declared that Title II was constitutional. After Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964, the owner of the Heart of Atlanta Motel in Georgia, who had previously refused to accept black customers, filed suit in federal district court, alleging that the prohibition of racial discrimination contained
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The site of one of the most important civil rights cases in US History, the Heart of Atlanta Motel stood at 255 Courtland Street from 1956-1976. The owner of this 216-room hotel, Moreton Rolleston Jr., continued to refuse to serve Black customers following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act which banned racial discrimination in places of public accommodation. Rolleston maintained that
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The motel sued the government, seeking a declaratory judgment that Congress did not have authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the Civil Rights Act. The motel also alleged due-process violations over the deprivation of its right to choose its guests. … In Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964),
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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States is a case decided on Dec 14, 1964, by the United States Supreme Court affirming that the Commerce Clause extends the anti-discrimination provisions in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to apply to hotels that host interstate visitors. The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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The Heart of Atlanta Motel, which opened on this day in 1956, would figure into the heart of a landmark civil rights case. Located at 255 Courtland Street, the motel was … Justice Tom Clark wrote the Court’s unanimous opinion that Congress did have the power under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause to pass the sweeping antidiscrimination law.
The site of one of the most important civil rights cases in US History, the Heart of Atlanta Motel stood at 255 Courtland Street from 1956-1976. The owner of this 216-room hotel, Moreton Rolleston Jr., continued to refuse to serve Black customers following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act which banned racial discrimination in places of public accommodation. Rolleston maintained that
