Boynton v. Virginia

E76583
United States Supreme Court case civil rights case landmark decision

Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case →
civil rights case →
landmark decision →
areaOfLaw civil rights law →
interstate commerce law →
category 1960 in United States case law →
United States Supreme Court cases →
surface form: "United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court"

United States civil rights case law →
chiefJusticeAtDecision Earl Warren →
citation 364 U.S. 454 →
constitutionalContext Equal protection concerns under the Fourteenth Amendment informed the analysis →
country United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
decisionDate 1960-12-05 →
decisionType reversed lower court →
docketNumber 7 →
enforcementBody Interstate Commerce Commission →
factualBackground Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal →
fullCaseName Boynton v. Virginia →
surface form: "Bruce Boynton v. Commonwealth of Virginia"
historicalContext American civil rights movement →
surface form: "United States civil rights movement"
holding Interstate bus terminals and their restaurants serving interstate passengers are subject to federal nondiscrimination rules →
Racial segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers violates the Interstate Commerce Act →
impact extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination to interstate bus terminals →
provided legal foundation for Freedom Riders challenging segregated bus facilities →
strengthened federal authority over segregation in interstate transportation →
jurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States →
legalIssue application of the Interstate Commerce Act to racial discrimination →
racial segregation in interstate transportation facilities →
lowerCourt Supreme Court of Virginia →
surface form: "Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia"
majorityOpinionBy Hugo Black NERFINISHED →
pageInUnitedStatesReports 454 →
partyRole Bruce Boynton was an African American law student →
petitioner Bruce Boynton →
precedentFor federal desegregation of interstate bus and rail facilities →
relatedCase Bailey v. Patterson →
Mitchell v. United States →
Morgan v. Virginia →
relatedEvent Freedom Rides →
respondent Virginia →
surface form: "Commonwealth of Virginia"
statuteInterpreted Interstate Commerce Act →
subsequentDevelopment decision was later enforced through federal actions supporting desegregation of interstate travel facilities →
term Warren Court era →
surface form: "Warren Court"
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 364 →
yearDecided 1960 →

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Freedom Rides → basedOnLegalDecision → Boynton v. Virginia →
this entity surface form: "Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia"
Boynton v. Virginia → fullCaseName → Boynton v. Virginia →
this entity surface form: "Bruce Boynton v. Commonwealth of Virginia"
Morgan v. Virginia → precedentFor → Boynton v. Virginia →
Morgan v. Virginia → relatedCase → Boynton v. Virginia →