Home > Great American Court Cases > Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Legal Citation: 379 U.S. 241 (1964)

Appellant
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc.

Appellee
United States

Appellant's Claim
That provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, requiring hotel and motel owners to provide accommodations to African Americans, cannot be enforced against privately owned public accommodations.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Moreton Rolleston, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
14 December 1964

Decision
By a unanimous decision, the...