Walker v. Sauvinet
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. This is an action brought by Sauvinet against Walker, a licensed keeper of a coffee-house in New Orleans, for refusing him refreshments when called for, on the ground that he was a man of" color.
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. This is an action brought by Sauvinet against Walker, a licensed keeper of a coffee-house in New Orleans, for refusing him refreshments when called for, on the ground that he was a man of" color. Art. 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides that “ all persons shall enjoy equal rights and privileges upon any conveyance of a public character; and all places of' business or of public resort, or for which a license is required by either state, parish, or municipal authority, shall be deemed places of a public character, and shall be open…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
So far as we can discover from the record, the only Federal question decided by either one of the courts below was that which related to the right of Walker to demand a trial by jury, notwithstanding the provisions of the act of 1871 to the contrary. He insisted that he had a constitutional right to such a trial, and that the statute was void to the extent that it deprived him of this right.
All questions arising under the Constitution of the State alone are finally settled by the judgment below. We can consider only such as grow out of the Constitution of the United States. By art. 7 of the…
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