The Civil Rights Cases (1883)

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The Civil Rights Cases (1883) were a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, severely limiting federal power to prohibit racial discrimination by private individuals and businesses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court decision ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Civil Rights Cases of 1883 ⓘ
citation 109 U.S. 3 ⓘ
27 L. Ed. 835 ⓘ
3 S. Ct. 18 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1883-10-15 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
followedBy Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
fullName The Civil Rights Cases ⓘ
hasPart Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company ⓘ
United States v. Nichols ⓘ
United States v. Ryan ⓘ
United States v. Singleton ⓘ
United States v. Stanley ⓘ
held Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to regulate private acts of racial discrimination ⓘ
key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 were unconstitutional ⓘ
the Fourteenth Amendment applies only to state action, not purely private conduct ⓘ
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 ⓘ
weakened Reconstruction-era civil rights protections ⓘ
introducedDoctrine narrow interpretation of the state action requirement ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Horace Gray ⓘ
Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
Samuel F. Miller ⓘ
Stanley Matthews ⓘ
Stephen J. Field ⓘ
William B. Woods ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSubject Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
state action doctrine ⓘ
limited federal power to prohibit racial discrimination by private businesses ⓘ
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 ⓘ
public accommodations ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
vote 8–1 ⓘ
yearDecided 1883 ⓘ

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