bob jones university won heart of atlanta motel v. united states.
bob jones university won heart of atlanta motel v. united states.
who won heart of atlanta motel v. united states?
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heart of atlanta motel, inc. v. united states









































heart of atlanta motel, inc. v. united states, 379 u.s. 241 (1964), was a landmark united states supreme court case holding that the commerce clause gave the u.s. congress power to force private businesses to abide by title ii of the civil rights act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in public accommodations.









































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heart of atlanta motel, inc. v. united states
bullet::::- in two separate cases, "heart of atlanta motel v. united states" and "katzenbach v. mcclung", the u.s. supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the civil rights act of 1964 in its prohibition of racial discrimination in lodging and in restaurants, respectively. associate justice tom c. clark wrote the majority opinions in both cases. in both cases, the court rejected the argument that the businesses were not within the jurisdiction of the "commerce clause" of the u.s. constitution, which permits (in article i, section 8) congress "to regulate commerce... among the several states" because neither the atlanta motel, nor the birmingham restaurant (ollie's barbecue) owned by mcclung, were engaged in interstate commerce. clark noted that the motel served travelers from other states, and that even if the restaurant's clientele were local, the food served by the restaurant moved in interstate commerce. quoting in the "heart of atlanta" case from a 1949 supreme court decision, justice clark noted that "if it is interstate commerce that feels the pinch, it does not matter how local the operation which applies the squeeze."
december 1964