Boynton v. Virginia
Significance, Court Splits, But For Boynton
Petitioner
Bruce Boynton
Respondent
Commonwealth of Virginia
Petitioner's Claim
That his arrest for refusing to leave a whites only section in a bus station restaurant violated the Interstate Commerce Act, and the Equal Protection, Due Process, and Commerce Clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Thurgood Marshall
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Walter E. Rogers
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren
Justices Dissenting
Tom C. Clark, Charles Evans Whittaker
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
5 December 1960
Decision
Boynton's conviction was unconstitutional.
Related Cases
- Curtis v. Roxxo & Mastracco, Inc., 413 F.Supp. 804 (1976).
Further Readings
- The Negro History Bulletin. Vol. 26, no. 15, 1972.
- Wasby, Stephen L., Anthony A. D'Amato, and Rosemary Metrailer. Desegregation from Brown to Alexander. Carbondale, IL.: South Illinois University Press, 1977.
- Witt, Elder. Guide to the Supreme Court. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1990, p. 605.
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