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Robinson v. Florida, 378 U.S. 153 (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.
Robinson v. Florida, 378 U.S. 153 (1964)
Robinson v. Florida No. 60 Argued October 15, 1963 Decided June 22, 1964 378 U.S. 153
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
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Following refusal by appellants, Negroes and whites, to leave a Miami, Florida, restaurant, they were arrested and convicted under a state misdemeanor statute proscribing a guest’s remaining at a restaurant after having been asked to leave by the management. The State Supreme Court affirmed, holding the statute did not deny equal protection of the laws. At the time of the arrest, a State Health Board regulation applicable to restaurants and adopted under the legislature’s authority required segregated rest rooms, and the State had issued a manual based on state regulations requiring segregated facilities.
Held: The regulations embodying a state policy which discouraged serving the two races together, involved the State so significantly in causing restaurant segregation as to violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Peterson v. City of Greenville, 373 U.S. 244, followed. Pp. 153-157. 144 So. 2d 811, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Robinson v. Florida, 378 U.S. 153 (1964) in 378 U.S. 153 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SZBIIY3GZMHFNST.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Robinson v. Florida, 378 U.S. 153 (1964), in 378 U.S. 153, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SZBIIY3GZMHFNST.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Robinson v. Florida, 378 U.S. 153 (1964). cited in 1964, 378 U.S. 153. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SZBIIY3GZMHFNST.
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