The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> rules in <i id="mw0w"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._John_R._Thompson_Co." id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.">District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.</a></i> that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.