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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US Government

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US Government. (1964). Constitutional Issue. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned racial discrimination in public places, particularly in public accommodations. Largely based on congress control of interstate commerce. Litigant: Heart of Atlanta Motel.

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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US Government

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  1. Heart of Atlanta Motelv.US Government (1964)

  2. Constitutional Issue The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned racial discrimination in public places, particularly in public accommodations. Largely based on congress control of interstate commerce.

  3. Litigant: Heart of Atlanta Motel Heart of Atlanta Motel refused to rent out rooms to black patrons, in direct violation to the terms of the act.

  4. Litigant 2: US Government The US government is defending the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the motel’s racial discrimination is interfering with the interstate commerce.

  5. Background The hotel owner says he has the right to turn away who ever he wants, including people of color. The US government want to bring out the reason of why the Civil Rights Act was made and how the motel’s racial discrimination is interfering with the interstate commerce.

  6. Majority Opinion The majority agreed with the US government. They see the reasoning behind why the US government is defending this act.

  7. Other’s Point of View They didn’t want to agree with the US government, but they understood how it was interfering with travelers.

  8. Significance The importance of this is it brought everyone together to agree on things. It also made things less intense at the interstate commerce and made traveling easier, and people had no problems with public accomodations.

  9. Personal Opinion I feel that the US government was right on defending the act because, it was interfering with the interstate commerce, but it also brought to the attention on how people were still being treated because of their race. That’s why the Civil Rights Act was made to banned racial discrimination and this helped stop it.

  10. Work Cited • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel_v._United_States • http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar14.html • http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=379&invol=241

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