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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg (1908−1990) concurred in the judgment of the Heart of Atlanta case and added that Congress had the power to enforce Title II of the Civil Rights Act under section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Goldberg emphasized, "The primary purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ... is the vindication of human dignity and not mere economics." Goldberg quoted the Senate Commerce Committee, emphasizing the purpose of the act is to "solve this problem, the deprivation of personal dignity that surely accompanies denials of equal access to public establishments." |