Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers

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Ollie’s Barbecue was a small, family-owned Birmingham, Alabama restaurant whose reliance on out-of-state food supplies became central to the Supreme Court’s Commerce Clause analysis in Katzenbach v. McClung.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legalFact ⓘ
concernsBusinessType	small, family-owned restaurant ⓘ
concernsLocation	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
hasGeographicContext	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
hasJurisdictionContext	United States federal law ⓘ
hasLegalSignificance	helped establish federal power to regulate local restaurants under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
helpsDemonstrate	the aggregate effect of local restaurant practices on interstate commerce ⓘ the flow of goods in interstate commerce to local establishments ⓘ
isCitedFor	showing that local discrimination in restaurants can burden interstate commerce ⓘ
isConnectedTo	constitutional law precedent on Commerce Clause reach ⓘ federal regulation of local restaurants ⓘ
isDiscussedIn	constitutional law casebooks and treatises on the Commerce Clause ⓘ Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ surface form: the majority opinion in Katzenbach v. McClung
isKeyFactIn	upholding the application of the Civil Rights Act to Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ
isPartOfReasoningIn	Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court’s analysis in Katzenbach v. McClung
isRelevantToCase	Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ
isRelevantToDoctrine	Commerce Clause ⓘ
isRelevantToStatute	Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
isUsedToIllustrate	Congress’s power to reach local activities with substantial effects on interstate commerce ⓘ
occurredInTimeContext	early 1960s ⓘ
refersTo	Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ
relatesToIssue	whether local restaurant operations substantially affect interstate commerce ⓘ
supportsFinding	Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ surface form: Ollie’s Barbecue was engaged in interstate commerce
wasUsedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
wasUsedInOpinionBy	Tom C. Clark ⓘ surface form: Justice Tom C. Clark

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