Constitutional Law - State Action - Imposing Criminal Penalties to Enforce Private Discrimination

Authors

Melvyn I. Mozinski S.Ed., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Defendants, Negroes, entered a section of a private restaurant designated to be for "White" patrons only. Although they were denied service, they refused to comply with the proprietor's request to leave. Defendants were subsequently arrested by a police officer after declining his offer not to arrest if they would depart, and were tried for violation of the state's criminal trespass statutes. They were found guilty of a misdemeanor. On appeal, held, sustained. Defendants have no constitutionally protected right not to be discriminated against by an operator of a private enterprise. State v. Clyburn, 247 N.C. 455, 101 S.E. (2d) 295 (1958).

Recommended Citation

Melvyn I. Mozinski S.Ed., Constitutional Law - State Action - Imposing Criminal Penalties to Enforce Private Discrimination, 57 Mich. L. Rev. 122 (1958).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol57/iss1/10