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Lombard v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267 (1963)
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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.
Lombard v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267 (1963)
Lombard v. Louisiana No. 58 Argued November 5-7, 1962 Decided May 20, 1963 373 U.S. 267
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
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Petitioners, three Negro students and one white student, entered a store in New Orleans, La., sat at a lunch counter reserved for white people, and requested service, which was refused. For refusing to leave when requested to do so by the manager of the store, they were convicted of violating the Louisiana Criminal Mischief Statute, which makes it a crime to refuse to leave a place of business after being ordered to do so by the person in charge of the premises. No state statute or city ordinance required racial segregation in restaurants, but both the Mayor and the Superintendent of Police had announced publicly that such "sit-in demonstrations" would not be permitted.
Held: Petitioners’ convictions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Peterson v. City of Greenville, ante, p. 244. Pp. 268-274.
241 La. 958, 132 So.2d 860, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Lombard v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267 (1963) in 373 U.S. 267 373 U.S. 268. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LDQW97Y6Y7GYQSD.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Lombard v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267 (1963), in 373 U.S. 267, page 373 U.S. 268. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LDQW97Y6Y7GYQSD.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Lombard v. Louisiana, 373 U.S. 267 (1963). cited in 1963, 373 U.S. 267, pp.373 U.S. 268. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LDQW97Y6Y7GYQSD.
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