Katzenbach v. McClung

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Commerce Clause case United States Supreme Court case landmark civil rights case

Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Label	Occurrences
Katzenbach v. McClung canonical	18
Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)	1
Supreme Court’s analysis in Katzenbach v. McClung	1
the majority opinion in Katzenbach v. McClung	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commerce Clause case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ollie’s Barbecue case ⓘ
appliedStatute	Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ commerce power jurisprudence ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
arguedDate	1964-10-08 ⓘ
citation	379 U.S. 294 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment (referenced but not primary basis)
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1964-12-14 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
docketNumber	543 ⓘ
enforcedBy	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
factFinding	Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers ⓘ Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area ⓘ
fullName	Katzenbach v. McClung self-link ⓘ
holding	Congress may prohibit racial discrimination in restaurants under the Commerce Clause ⓘ Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ⓘ surface form: Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a valid exercise of Congress’s commerce power as applied to local restaurants racial discrimination in restaurants serving food that has moved in interstate commerce may be regulated by Congress ⓘ
impact	expanded federal authority to combat racial discrimination in local businesses ⓘ reinforced broad interpretation of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfProceeding	English ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ scope of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
locationOfBusiness	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
majorityOpinionBy	Tom C. Clark ⓘ surface form: Justice Tom C. Clark
pageInUnitedStatesReports	294 ⓘ
petitioner	Nicholas deB. Katzenbach ⓘ
petitionerRole	United States Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Acting Attorney General of the United States
precededBy	Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ⓘ surface form: Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (decided same day, companion case)
precedentFor	later Commerce Clause civil rights cases ⓘ
relatedCase	Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
respondent	Ollie McClung, Sr. ⓘ
respondentBusiness	Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ
resultForRespondent	restaurant required to desegregate under federal law ⓘ
subjectMatter	federal regulation of local businesses ⓘ racial discrimination in public accommodations ⓘ
timePeriod	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: Warren Court
topic	public accommodations and interstate commerce ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	379 ⓘ
vote	9–0 ⓘ

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CRA 1964 → relatedCaseLaw → Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers → isRelevantToCase → Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Supreme Court’s analysis in Katzenbach v. McClung

Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers → isDiscussedIn → Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ

this entity surface form: the majority opinion in Katzenbach v. McClung

Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area → challengedInCase → Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)

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