What is the name of the case?
Q: What is the name of the case?
A: The case is called Boynton v. Virginia.
Q: When did this case take place?
A: This case took place in 1960.
Q: Who was Bruce Boynton?
A: Bruce Boynton was a senior at Howard Law School who left Washington, D.C. on a bus to go home for Christmas to Montgomery, Alabama and was arrested for sitting in the "white only" section of a restaurant at the bus terminal in Richmond, Virginia.
Q: What did he appeal his conviction to?
A: He appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Q: What did he maintain about his conviction?
A: He maintained that his conviction violated the Interstate Commerce Act and the Equal Protection, Due Process and Commerce Clauses of the Federal Constitution.
Q: What did the U.S Supreme Court decide?
A: The U.S Supreme Court reversed the lower court's decision and held that Boynton “had a federal right to remain in the white portion of the restaurant” as it violated Interstate Commerce Act which “forbids any interstate common carrier by motor vehicle to subject any person to unjust discrimination."
Q: Who delivered majority opinion for this case?
A: Justice Hugo Black delivered majority opinion for this case
