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The Civil Rights Cases

Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Year1883
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments do not empower Congress to prohibit racial discrimination by purely private individuals; the Fourteenth Amendment restrains only state action.

Area of Law

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