1964 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States et al.
379 U.S. 241 · 85 S. Ct. 348 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 2187
The record
- Term
- 1964
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 515
- U.S. Reports
- 379 U.S. 241
- S. Ct. citation
- 85 S. Ct. 348
- LEXIS citation
- 1964 U.S. LEXIS 2187
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCCC
M 6 majorityC 3 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Arthur Goldberg | Regular concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
Same issue area
More on Civil Rights
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Civil Rights accounts for 1,508 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.