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Bouie v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 347 (1964)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Bouie v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 347 (1964)
Bouie v. City of Columbia No. 10. Argued October 14-15, 1963 Decided June 22, 1964 378 U.S. 347
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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Petitioners, Negro "sit-in" demonstrators, entered a drugstore which extended service to Negroes at all departments except the restaurant department, and took seats in a restaurant booth without having received any notice that that department was barred to Negroes. They refused to leave upon being asked to do so, and were convicted of violating a South Carolina criminal trespass statute proscribing entry upon the lands of another after notice prohibiting such entry. Their convictions were affirmed by the State Supreme Court on the basis of a judicial construction of the statute, announced after the incident giving rise to these convictions, which construed the statute as applicable to the act of remaining on the premises of another after receiving notice to leave.
Held: The State Supreme Court, in giving retroactive application to its new construction of the statute, has deprived petitioners of their right to fair warning of a criminal prohibition, and thus has violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 348-363.
339 S. C. 570, 124 S.E.2d 332, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Bouie v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 347 (1964) in 378 U.S. 347 378 U.S. 348. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CII59NTUGKMW7XG.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Bouie v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 347 (1964), in 378 U.S. 347, page 378 U.S. 348. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CII59NTUGKMW7XG.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Bouie v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 347 (1964). cited in 1964, 378 U.S. 347, pp.378 U.S. 348. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CII59NTUGKMW7XG.
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