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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Virginia Supreme Court rules against bus companies using disorderly conduct laws to enforce racial segregation, following the US Supreme Court's 1946 Morgan decision invalidating Virginia's Jim Crow bus laws. Companies can set reasonable seating rules but cannot forcibly remove passengers beyond that.
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Efforts To Circumvent Ruling Cited
RICHMOND, Va.- (NNPA) -
Efforts of bus companies to circumvent the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Morgan case by using Virginia's disorderly conduct law to enforce race Jim Crow rules were declared illegal by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week.
The court held, however, in the case of Mrs. Lottie E. Taylor that a bus company has a right to prescribe "reasonable" rules for seating arrangements, but its authority for enforcing such rules stops with removal of passengers from busses.
In the cases of Mrs. Irene Morgan, decided June 3, 1946, the United States Supreme Court held that the Virginia Jim Crow law requiring race segregation of passengers was invalid because it placed an undue burden on interstate commerce because it differed from laws of other states con-
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Richmond, Va.
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June 3, 1946
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Virginia Supreme Court declares illegal bus companies' use of disorderly conduct laws to enforce racial segregation, circumventing the US Supreme Court's Morgan ruling. Companies may prescribe reasonable seating but cannot enforce beyond passenger removal.