The Civil Rights Cases: United States v. Stanley
United States Supreme Court
109 U.S. 3 (1883)
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The 1875 Civil Rights Act banned racial discrimination in establishments like restaurants, hotels, and stores. In one of five consolidated cases, several Black plaintiffs sued hotel owners Stanley and Nichols (defendants) for refusing them admittance to their privately owned hotels.
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Whether Congress may pass legislation, like the Civil Rights Act, that prohibits racial discrimination by private individuals and businesses rather than state actors.