| Morgan v. Virginia | |
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| Argued March 27, 1946 Decided June 3, 1946 | |
| Full case name | Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia |
| Citations | 328 U.S. 373 (more) 66 S. Ct. 1050; 90 L. Ed. 1317 |
| Court membership | |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Reed, joined by Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy |
| Concurrence | Black |
| Concurrence | Frankfurter |
| Concurrence | Rutledge |
| Dissent | Burton |
| Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Morgan v. Virginia, 328 U.S. 373 (1946), is a major United States Supreme Court case.
At the time, Virginia law required buses to be racially segregated on commercial interstate buses. In Morgan v. Virginia, the Court decided that this law violated the United States Constitution. Specifically, it ruled that segregating riders by race on interstate buses violates the Interstate Commerce Clause in the Constitution.
