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Katzenbach vs. Mcclung

by Coffeeco in Law, March 18, 2009

Analyzing Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964).

379 U.S. 294 (1964), the issue was that the owner of Ollie’s Barbeque, McClung, only allowed sit down service to whites and not blacks.  Blacks were able to obtain food service only through a side window.  The Court decided that even though the restaurant’s customers were local, it bought many of its supplies through interstate commerce.  This was enough to bring it under the Commerce Clause therefore ending discrimination at McClung’s restaurant.  Since the Civil Rights Act only covered places of public accommodation, McClung turned his restaurant into a private club still only allowing whites to sit down service. 

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