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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States et al., 1964 — 379 U.S. 803 · caselaw · US
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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States et al.
379 U.S. 803·Supreme Court of the United States·1964
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Opinion
No. 515.
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States et al.
Moretón Rolleston, Jr., fbr appellant. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Marshall, Philip B. Heymann and Harold H. Greene for the United States et al. Briefs of amici curiae, in support of appellant, were filed by Robert Y. Button, Attorney General of Virginia, and Frederick T. Gray, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth of Virginia; and by James W. Kynes, Attorney General of Florida, ánd Fred M. Burns and Joseph C. Jacobs, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Florida. Briefs of amici curiae, in support of the United States et al., were filed by Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, Charles E. Corker and Dan Kauf-mann, Assistant Attorneys General, and Charles B. Mc-Kesson and Jerold L. Perry, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State of California; Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Shirley Adelson Siegel, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of New York; and Edward W. Brooke, Attorney General of Massachusetts, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Appeal from the United States District •Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Probable jurisdiction noted. Joint motion for acceleration of. oral argument granted and case set for oral argument on Monday, October 5, 1964.