Key Facts
- Year Decided
- 1964
- Vote
- 9-0
- Category
- Civil Rights
Summary
Congress can use the Commerce Clause to prohibit racial discrimination in private businesses.
Upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Related Cases (Civil Rights)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
1857Vote: 7-2
Ruled that African Americans were not citizens and had no standing to sue.
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896Vote: 7-1
Upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Brown v. Board of Education
1954Vote: 9-0
Declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
1978Vote: 5-4
Race can be a factor in college admissions but racial quotas are unconstitutional.