Henderson v. United States (1950)

Henderson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 3, 1950 Decided June 5, 1950
Full case name	Henderson v. United States et al
Citations	339 U.S. 816 (more) 70 S. Ct. 843; 94 L. Ed. 2d 1302; 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2488
Case history
Prior	On appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Holding
The Interstate Commerce Act makes it unlawful for a railroad in interstate commerce to subject any particular person to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever.
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 opinions
Majority	Burton, joined by Vinson, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Minton
Concurrence	Douglas
Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Interstate Commerce Act 3 (1)

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Henderson v. United States

Henderson v. United States, 339 U.S. 816 (1950), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States that abolished segregation in railroad dining cars with an 8-0 ruling.^[1]