District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.

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District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 30, 1953 Decided June 8, 1953
Full case name	District of Columbia vs John R. Thompson Co. Inc.
Citations	346 U.S. 100 (more) 73 S. Ct. 1007; 97 L. Ed. 2d 1480; 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2001
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	81 A.2d 249 (D.C. 1951); affirmed in part, reversed in part, 203 F.2d 579 (D.C. Cir. 1953).
Subsequent	On remand, 214 F.2d 210 (D.C. Cir. 1954).
Holding
Segregation policies by Thompson Cafeteria's were illegal
Court membership
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinion
Majority	Douglas, joined by Vinson, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Burton, Clark, Minton
Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. Inc., 346 U.S. 100 (1953), is a United States Supreme Court case which began on April 30, 1953 over the validity of the local Washington Acts of 1872 and 1873. The Acts prohibited segregation in public places within the District. With the court's support, the legal ramifications of the 1872 and 1873 Acts could once again be enforced. The case transpired during growing racial tension in the nation's capital. Throughout Washington, the black community had grown tired of unfair treatment regarding housing, businesses, and education. But, change came soon enough through the courts. On June 8, 1953, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the segregating policies practiced by Thompson's Cafeteria were illegal, marking a huge victory for the national black community.^[1]