Katzenbach v. McClung

E9688

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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

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 of the United States Constitution → Fourteenth Amendment (referenced but not primary basis) →
country	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 →
holding	Congress may prohibit racial discrimination in restaurants under the Commerce Clause → 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 →
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Tom C. Clark →
pageInUnitedStatesReports	294 →
petitioner	Nicholas deB. Katzenbach →
petitionerRole	Acting Attorney General of the United States →
precededBy	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	Warren Court →
topic	public accommodations and interstate commerce →
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	379 →
vote	9–0 →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a valid exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause →	relatedCase
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area →	challengedInCase
Katzenbach v. McClung →	fullName
Ollie’s Barbecue case →	hasOfficialName
Commerce Clause →	interpretedInCase
Ollie’s Barbecue →	involvedInCourtCase
Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers ("the majority opinion in Katzenbach v. McClung") →	isDiscussedIn
Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers ("Supreme Court’s analysis in Katzenbach v. McClung") →	isPartOfReasoningIn
Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers →	isRelevantToCase
Ollie McClung, Sr. →	partyTo
Civil Rights Act of 1964 →	relatedCaseLaw
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area ("Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)") →	relatedSupremeCourtDecision
Ollie’s Barbecue →	subjectOf
Title II – Public Accommodations →	upheldByCase
Civil Rights Act of 1964 →	upheldByCourtCase
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 →	upheldIn