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Constantine v Imperial Hotels Ltd

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of Constantine had been violated. It was accepted that an innkeeper had a duty to provide reasonable accommodation and rejected the contention that when the hotel offered to lodge Constantine elsewhere, it was fulfilling that duty. Furthermore, even though Constantine suffered no pecuniary damage,
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They were treated as outcasts, and Constantine was outraged. He claimed the hotel was in breach of contract. In Britain there was no statute that expressly outlawed racial discrimination. Constantine claimed that the hotel committed a
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military servicemen who were also staying at the hotel. According to a newspaper report, the receptionist said "we won't have niggers in this hotel".
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the violation of the right was in principle capable of justifying a remedy. He was awarded the small sum of five guineas in damages.
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case, concerning the implied duty of an innkeeper to offer accommodation to a guest unless for just cause.
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The ruling did not end the colour bar in some British hotels and other public establishments.
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drew one of his more famous cartoons attacking the hotel's treatment of Learie Constantine.
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Rear face of a Holborn Trades Council leaflet promoting a 1943 anti-discrimination meeting (
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Racial discrimination, innkeeper's duty of hospitality
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Index


English tort law
contract

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Learie Constantine
Trinidadian
West Indies
London
Lord's
Imperial Hotel, London
Russell Square
American
tort
just cause
Mr Justice Birkett
right
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bristol Bus Boycott
Labour Party
racial discrimination
Race Relations Act 1965
Race Relations Act 1976
Equality Act 2010
racial prejudice in Britain
David Low
Equality Act 2010
Invitation to treat
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
The Times

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