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Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority

1961 in United States case lawAfrican-American history of DelawareCivil rights movement case lawDelaware state case lawGarages (parking) in the United States
United States Supreme Court casesUnited States Supreme Court cases of the Warren CourtUnited States equal protection case lawUnited States racial desegregation case lawWilmington, Delaware

Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority, 365 U.S. 715 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case that decided that the Equal Protection Clause applies to private business that operates in a relationship to a government that is close to the point that it becomes a "state actor."

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