Anthony P. Griffin, Individually and as Successor-In-Interest to Anthony P. Griffin Inc. and as Successor-In-Interst to Anthony P. Griffin Pension and Profit Sharin Pan v. Galveston County

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• holding that Congress had authority under Commerce Clause to prohibit discrimination in motel accommodations because such discrimination constituted a willful impediment to interstate travel and commerce
• holding that the public accommodations provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are valid under the Commerce Clause
• holding that private race discrimination in places of public accommodation, although traditional at the time, could be constitutionally forbidden
• holding that private race discrimination in places of public accommodation, although traditional at the time, could be constitutionally forbidden
• holding that a restaurant serving local people rather than transients “may impose a burden on interstate commerce by reducing its volume or distorting its flow” because it purchased food in interstate commerce
• holding that Congress has power to remove impediments to interstate commerce

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