What is Katzenbach v. McClung?
{{Infobox SCOTUS case |Litigants=Katzenbach v. McClung |ArgueDate=October 5 |ArgueYear=1964 |DecideDate=December 14 |DecideYear=1964 |FullName=[[Nicholas Katzenbach]], Acting Attorney General, et al. v. Ollie McClung, et al. |USVol=379 |USPage=294 |Citation=85 S. Ct. 377; 13 L. Ed. 2d 290; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 2188; 1 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) P9713 |Prior=233 F. Supp. 815 (N.D. Ala. 1964) |Subsequent= |Holding=Section 201(a), (b), and (c) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964<ref name=cra64>[http://finduslaw.com/civil_rights_act_of_1964_cra_title_vii_equal_employment_opportunities_42_us_code_chapter_21 Civil Rights Act of 1964]</ref> which forbids discrimination by restaurants offering to serve interstate travelers or serving food that has moved in interstate commerce is a constitutional exercise of the commerce power of Congress. |SCOTUS=1962-1965 |Majority=Clark |JoinMajority=Warren, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White |Concurrence=Douglas |Concurrence2=Goldberg |Concurrence3=Black |LawsApplied=Title II of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]<ref name=cra64/> }} {{wikisource}} '''''Katzenbach v. McClung''''', [[Case citation|379 U.S. 294]] (1964), is a [[landmark decision]] by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]. The Court held that [[United States Congress|Congress]] acted within its power under the [[Commerce Clause]] of the [[United States Constitution]] in forbidding [[racial discrimination]] in [[restaurant]]s as this was a burden to [[Commerce|interstate commerce]]. The ruling was a 9–0 decision in favor of the [[plaintiff]]—the [[United States government]]. It was also a [[test case (law)|test case]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].<ref name=Tarlton>{{cite web |url=https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/clark/katz.html |title=Desegregation - Katzenbach v. McClung, 1964 |publisher=Tarlton Law Library |access-date=26 March 2016 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910132810/https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/clark/katz.htm