Morgan v. Virginia
E76959
Morgan v. Virginia was a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws mandating racial segregation on interstate buses, laying important groundwork for later civil rights actions.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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civil rights case ⓘ desegregation case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ interstate commerce law ⓘ |
| citation | 328 U.S. 373 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Commerce Clause
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surface form:
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment (argued but not basis of holding)
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1946-06-03 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Justice Harold Hitz Burton
NERFINISHED
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Justice Robert H. Jackson (did not participate in majority) ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanismStruckDown | criminal penalties for refusing to comply with bus segregation law ⓘ |
| hasParty |
Virginia
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
Irene Morgan ⓘ |
| holding |
state laws requiring racial segregation on interstate buses are unconstitutional
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state segregation laws that burden interstate commerce violate the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| impact |
laid groundwork for later civil rights litigation against segregation
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limited states’ power to enforce segregation in interstate transportation ⓘ |
| involvedLawyer |
Thurgood Marshall
ⓘ
William H. Hastie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedOrganization | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ |
| involvedPerson | Irene Morgan ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
constitutionality of state segregation laws in interstate commerce
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racial segregation on interstate buses ⓘ |
| locationOfOrigin | Virginia ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Justice Stanley Forman Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentFor |
Boynton v. Virginia
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Freedom Riders actions in 1961 ⓘ later desegregation of interstate transportation ⓘ |
| reasoning | a single state may not place an undue burden on interstate commerce through segregation requirements ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Boynton v. Virginia
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Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ
surface form:
Plessy v. Ferguson
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| result | Virginia statute mandating segregation on interstate buses struck down ⓘ |
| shortDescription | U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating state-mandated segregation on interstate buses ⓘ |
| stateLawChallenged | Virginia statute requiring racial segregation on interstate buses ⓘ |
| status | good law (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
U.S. constitutional law casebooks
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civil rights scholarship ⓘ |
| typeOfSegregationAddressed | racial segregation in interstate bus travel ⓘ |
| vote | 7–1 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1946 ⓘ |
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