Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 6, 1945No. Record No. 2974PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.
The plaintiff in error was found guilty of a violation of section 4097dd of the Virginia Code (Michie), Acts 1930, p. 344, and fined $10 and costs. She attacks the judgment of the lower court upon the ground that the statute does not apply to her because she was an interstate passenger on an interstate bus and, if it does, it is unconstitutional.
The facts, briefly, are as follows: On July 16, 1944, the plaintiff in error,'who will be hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was a passenger upon a bus of the Richmond Greyhound Lines, Inc. She was a member of the Negro race, and had purchased…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Hall v. DeCuirSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- McCabe v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Covington & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Morgan v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- New v. Atlantic Greyhound Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- NATIONAL ASS'N FOR ADVANCE. OF COLORED PEOPLE v. PattyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1958
- Whiteside v. Southern Bus Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1949
- Henderson v. Interstate Commerce CommissionDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1948
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