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"The Civil Rights Cases"


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alsoKnownAs The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
surface form: Civil Rights Cases of 1883
citation 109 U.S. 3
citation 27 L. Ed. 835
citation 3 S. Ct. 18
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1883-10-15
dissentingOpinionBy John Marshall Harlan
followedBy Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
fullName The Civil Rights Cases (1883) self-link
surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
hasPart Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company
hasPart United States v. Nichols
hasPart United States v. Ryan
hasPart United States v. Singleton
hasPart United States v. Stanley
held Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to regulate private acts of racial discrimination
held key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 were unconstitutional
held the Fourteenth Amendment applies only to state action, not purely private conduct
held the Thirteenth Amendment did not authorize the challenged provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1875
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era
impact facilitated the rise of Jim Crow segregation laws
impact weakened Reconstruction-era civil rights protections
instanceOf United States Supreme Court decision
instanceOf civil rights case
instanceOf constitutional law case
instanceOf landmark case
introducedDoctrine narrow interpretation of the state action requirement
joinedByInMajority Horace Gray
joinedByInMajority Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
surface form: Morrison R. Waite
joinedByInMajority Samuel F. Miller NERFINISHED
joinedByInMajority Stanley Matthews
joinedByInMajority Stephen J. Field
joinedByInMajority William B. Woods NERFINISHED
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States
language English
legalSubject Civil Rights Act of 1875
legalSubject Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
legalSubject Thirteenth Amendment
surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
legalSubject state action doctrine
limited federal power to prohibit racial discrimination by private businesses
limited federal power to prohibit racial discrimination by private individuals
majorityOpinionBy Joseph P. Bradley
overturned federal prohibitions on racial discrimination in public accommodations enacted in the Civil Rights Act of 1875
precededBy Civil Rights Act of 1875
topic federalism in the United States
topic public accommodations
topic racial discrimination
vote 8–1
yearDecided 1883

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