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Legal Citation: 379 U.S. 294 (1964)

Appellants
Nicholas Katzenbach, Acting Attorney General, et al.

Appellee
Ollie McClung, Sr.

Appellants' Claim
That a restaurant cannot refuse service to African Americans under the Commerce Clause.

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

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Robert McDavid Smith

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
The Supreme Court held that because some of the food served in the appellant's restaurant originated out of...