Katzenbach v. McClung

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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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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 ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause

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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

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