Henderson v. United States

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Henderson v. United States
ArgueDate=April 30
ArgueYear=1950
DecideDate=June 5
DecideYear=1950
FullName=HENDERSON v. UNITED STATES ET AL.
USVol=339
USPage=816
Citation=1950
Prior=On appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Subsequent=
Holding=The Interstate Commerce Act makes it unlawful for a railroad in interstate commerce to subject any particular person to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever.
SCOTUS=1949-1953
Majority=Burton
JoinMajority=Vinson, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Minton
Concurrence=Douglas
Dissent=
JoinDissent=
NotParticipating=Clark
LawsApplied=Interstate Commerce Act 3 (1) "Henderson v. United States", 339 U.S. 816 (1950) [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=339&invol=816] , was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States that abolished segregation in railroad dining cars.

The decision

Analysis

The Court refused to rule on the separate but equal doctrine, but the mandate of the Court eliminated the reserved tables and the curtain

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 339
* Barnes, Catherine A. "Journey from Jim Crow: The Desegregation of Southern Transit," Columbia University Press, 1983.

External links

[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=339&invol=816 Complete text of Supreme Court case]

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