Barr v. City of Columbia

Barr v. City of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 14–15, 1963
Decided June 22, 1964
Full case nameCharles F. Barr, et al. v. City of Columbia
Citations378 U.S. 146 (more)
84 S. Ct. 1734; 12 L. Ed. 2d 766; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 820
Case history
PriorConviction affirmed, 239 S.C. 395, 123 S.E.2d 521, cert. granted, 374 U.S. 804 (1963).
Holding
The state breach of the peace convictions could not stand as there was no evidence to support them, and the criminal trespass convictions were reversed for the reasons stated in Bouie v. City of Columbia.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
MajorityBlack, joined by unanimous
ConcurrenceDouglas
ConcurrenceGoldberg, joined by Warren
Laws applied
US Const. amend. XIV
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Barr v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 146 (1964), is a United States Supreme Court decision that reversed the breach of peace and criminal trespass convictions of five African Americans who were refused service at a lunch counter of a department store.[1] The Court held that there was insufficient evidence to support the breach of peace convictions, and reversed the criminal trespass convictions for the reasons stated in another case that was decided that same day, Bouie v. City of Columbia, which held that the retroactive application of an expanded construction of a criminal statute was barred by due process of ex post facto laws.[2]

  1. ^ Barr v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 146 (1964).
  2. ^ Bouie v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 347 (1964).