Morgan v. Virginia

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
desegregation case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
interstate commerce law ⓘ
citation 328 U.S. 373 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvolved Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause

Fourteenth Amendment (argued but not basis of holding) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1946-06-03 ⓘ
dissentBy Justice Harold Hitz Burton ⓘ
Justice Robert H. Jackson (did not participate in majority) ⓘ
enforcementMechanismStruckDown criminal penalties for refusing to comply with bus segregation law ⓘ
hasParty Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia

Irene Morgan ⓘ
holding state laws requiring racial segregation on interstate buses are unconstitutional ⓘ
state segregation laws that burden interstate commerce violate the Commerce Clause ⓘ
impact laid groundwork for later civil rights litigation against segregation ⓘ
limited states’ power to enforce segregation in interstate transportation ⓘ
involvedLawyer Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William H. Hastie ⓘ
linked to: William Hastie
involvedOrganization NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
involvedPerson Irene Morgan ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of state segregation laws in interstate commerce ⓘ
racial segregation on interstate buses ⓘ
locationOfOrigin Virginia ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice Stanley Forman Reed ⓘ
precedentFor Boynton v. Virginia ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
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 ⓘ
civil rights scholarship ⓘ
typeOfSegregationAddressed racial segregation in interstate bus travel ⓘ
vote 7–1 ⓘ
yearDecided 1946 ⓘ

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Freedom Rides → basedOnLegalDecision → Morgan v. Virginia ⓘ
Boynton v. Virginia → relatedCase → Morgan v. Virginia ⓘ
Bailey v. Patterson → precedentReliedOn → Morgan v. Virginia ⓘ
Irene Morgan → notableWork → Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Morgan v. Virginia
Irene Morgan → participantIn → Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Morgan v. Virginia
Irene Morgan → causeOfFame → U.S. Supreme Court case Morgan v. Virginia (1946) ⓘ
linked to: Morgan v. Virginia
Irene Morgan → legalCase → Morgan v. Virginia ⓘ
Morgan v. Virginia Railway Co. (1938) → isDistinctFrom → Morgan v. Virginia (1946) ⓘ
linked to: Morgan v. Virginia
Morgan v. Virginia Railway Co. (1938) → isDistinctFrom → Morgan v. Virginia Railway Co. (transportation segregation case) ⓘ
linked to: Morgan v. Virginia