Boynton v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1960-12-05

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The basic question presented in this case is whether an interstate bus passenger is denied a federal statutory or constitutional right when a restaurant in a bus terminal used by the carrier along its route discriminates in serving food to the passenger solely because of his color. Petitioner, a Negro law student, bought a Trailways bus ti…

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